Researchers at Penn State have developed a plant-based material that can selectively recover dysprosium, ...

Despite rare earth elements' importance in manufacturing cell phones, magnets and a host of other consumer and commercial ...

Cellulose is a fiber found in fruits, vegetables, and other plant foods as part of a plant’s cell walls. It’s found in tree bark and a plant’s leaves. When you eat plant foods, you are consuming ...

In terms of operation, faced with the war, cellulose is not an insulator, but more likely a safe haven. If textile enterprises plan to maintain stable operations in the future, they should ...

The deconstruction of cellulose is essential for the conversion of biomass into fuels and chemicals. But cellulose, the most abundant renewable polymer on the planet, is extremely recalcitrant to ...

Artistic rendering of cellulose biosynthesis with zoomed in view. Individual cellulose chains (dark brown) are synthesized by plasma membrane-bound (purple) cellulose synthase enzyme complexes (cream) ...