Not only is the new membrane powerful, it's also eco-friendly. The team used sustainable materials like cellulose and conductive polymers to build it. And in a simulated estuary environment ...

In a breakthrough with promising real-world applications, a team of Rutgers biophysicists, bioengineers, and plant biologists ...

Cellulose fibers are long ... inside the cell and then assembled by enzymes associated with the cell membrane (Figure 3). Plant cells additionally possess large, fluid-filled vesicles called ...

Individual cellulose chains (dark brown) are synthesized by plasma membrane-bound (purple) cellulose synthase enzyme complexes (cream) and associate into elementary fibrils (light brown ...

The world of consumer electronics is undergoing a profound transformation, with sustainability taking center stage in product ...

This platform can help identify early symptoms of diseases like atherosclerosis, venous thrombosis, cardiovascular diseases, ...

Professor ZHANG Zhen’s team at the Suzhou Institute for Advanced Research, University of Science and Technology of China ...

which keeps the cell firm Plant cells only Cell wall Made of a tough substance called cellulose, which supports the cell Plant cells only ...

Cell structure Description Function Cell type Cell wall Freely permeable layer surrounding cell membrane. The cell wall of plant cells is made from cellulose. This gives them a rigid structure.