A bacterial cellulose bandage significantly improves plant recovery and regeneration, offering new agricultural benefits.

Intriguingly, patches made from plant-produced cellulose did not have the same effect. A chemical analysis revealed that the bacterial cellulose contained plant hormones, probably produced by the ...

Alarming media reports about the harm of microplastics to the human body and the environment are greatly exaggerated Read ...

Hugh O'Neill uses neutron beams at ORNL to study biological materials, potentially advancing biofuel production by ...

Hugh O'Neill conducts plant cell wall research as part of the DOE Solvent Disruption of Biomass and Biomembranes Science ...

All-natural straws crafted from delignified wood and chitosan demonstrate superior strength and hydro-stability, paving the ...

Molecular Biology is the field of biology that studies the composition, structure and interactions of cellular molecules such as nucleic acids and proteins that carry out the biological ...

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have elucidated how hydrogen and carbon monoxide is adsorbed into solids containing a crown-motif structure of platinum and gold. Using quick-scan X ...

Molecular dynamics is a method that uses Newton ... the process of oligomer formation of the transmembrane pore structure has not yet been elucidated. Here, the authors examine and compare ...

Chemical Engineering is concerned with the design and operation of processes which convert materials and energy into the higher value products we use every day. It understands the processes which ...

A CRISPR-based system that erases itself from fly populations may offer a safer approach to tackling insecticide resistance while minimizing ecological risks.