The Purdue researchers found that heating a mix of epoxidized oil, malic acid, and tannic acid yielded a sticky goo that bonded plastic, metal, and wood as tightly as, if not more tightly than, ...

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From seeds to the world’s smallest organisms, the inspiration for Shiyuan Xu’s porcelain sculptures (previously) originates in biology. Fascinated by the patterns, shapes, and structures of a wide ...

Guangxi Key Laboratory of Clean Pulp & Papermaking and Pollution Control, School of Light Industry and Food Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China ...

Chemical characterization of PA extracts has high content of phenolic compounds. PA extracts from G. angustifolia may be used in the pharmaceutical industry and agriculture. A total of 66 compounds ...

Scientists witness living plant cells generate cellulose and form cell walls Date: March 21, 2025 Source: Rutgers University Summary: In a groundbreaking study on the synthesis of cellulose -- a ...

In a new development at CERN, researchers at the LHCb collaboration have determined the spin-parity of singly heavy charm baryons for the first time, addressing a long-standing mystery in baryon ...

Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. Cellulose aerogels are the most well-studied biopolymer-based systems in the ...

Due to increased transportation energy usage and urgency to reduce fossil fuel use, demand for advanced fuels is predicted to increase to 79.5 billion liters by 2022 (US CRS Report, 2009), about 7% of ...

Water oxidation has become very popular due to its prime role in water splitting and metal–air batteries. Thus, the development of efficient, abundant, and economical catalysts, as well as electrode ...