In a groundbreaking study on the synthesis of cellulose—a major constituent of all plant cell walls—a team of Rutgers ...

The way we study plant cells is expanding—literally—thanks to new research from Kevin Cox, an assistant professor of biology ...

detailed in Advanced Functional Materials ("All-Cellulose-Based Photonic Glitters"), transforms cellulose—the main component of plant cell walls—into precisely controlled, color-shifting particles.

Though no one may be around to hear when a tree falls in the forest, countless critters take note. Dormant fungi within the tree awaken to feast on it, joined by others that creep up from the soil.

Insects’ aversion to worm castings is demonstrated when they are spread over ant nests, causing the ants to remove themselves ...

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Here are five recent innovative bioprinting and bioink studies that are building synthetic biological structures.