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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

She also served on the NSF reviewer panel; and the editorial boards of Polymers and Journal of Renewable Materials; and the reviewer panels for many journals, including Biomacromolecules, ChemSusChem, ...

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.

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