Sterols, such as cholesterol in our bodies or ergosterol in yeast cells, are among the most abundant lipids in eukaryotic ...

Discover Celoce, a natural enzyme from Brazil that could revolutionize biofuel production by efficiently breaking down ...

Researchers at Empa’s Cellulose and Wood Materials laboratory have developed a breakthrough material that avoids this dilemma ...

Fungi are considered a promising source of biodegradable materials. Researchers have developed a new material based on a fungal mycelium and its own extracellular matrix. This gives the biomaterial ...

Plant Biology majors spend time in the lab and in the field, preparing for a variety of careers. They travel around the United States, and even send experiments to the International Space Station, as ...

Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. Phenolic acid esters of cellulose show antioxidative and antimicrobial properties, which are very interesting for a variety of applications, ...

In the microscopic battlefield of plant-microbe interactions, plants are constantly fighting off invading bacteria ... Glycosyrin's unique structure could inspire new pharmaceutical approaches.

SAN FRANCISCO : Intel's new CEO, Lip-Bu Tan, is flattening the semiconductor giant's leadership team, with important chip groups reporting directly to him, according to a memo from Tan seen by ...

Here's how scientists at Rutgers University-New Brunswick witnessed living plant cells building their own cell walls. A team of researchers have captured continuous photographs of cellulose synthesis ...

To make the cells fluorescent and detectable by the microscope, he and his team developed a probe derived from an engineered bacterial enzyme that binds specifically to cellulose. Lam, an expert on ...