When manufacturing cellulose-based products, challenges, such as the high melting point of cellulose, make it impossible for it to be melted without decomposition. Thus, shaping cellulose materials ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue researchers have discovered the structure of the enzyme that makes cellulose, a finding that could lead to easier ways of breaking down plant materials to make biofuels ...

Aeschynomene aspera, commonly known as Shola, is a dried milky-white shrub of the Aeschynomene genus and grows in the wild in the wetlands of the Bengal estuaries and marshy areas of Assam, Orissa, ...

Society has long struggled with petroleum-derived plastic pollution, and awareness of microplastics’ detrimental effects on food and water supplies adds further pressure. In response, researchers have ...

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