The plant uses this glucose to grow as well as make other useful substances, such as cellulose found in the cell walls and starch used as energy storage. The glucose can also be broken down in the ...

The solid insulation materials widely used in the transformer are paper, pressboard, and transformer board, which are formed from the cellulose found in plants. The main concern with using dry paper ...

The cellulose nanofibrils that are found in wood and other natural materials are similar to carbon nanotubes in many ways and could be used to strengthen composites for manufacturing. Although the ...

As modern diets lack fibre the way our bodies break down cellulose, found in fruits and vegetables, is changing. Now, a ...

Last year, Tajima’s team, working with Satoh and Isono, found that reinforcing biodegradable resin with bacterial cellulose nanofibres creates a stiffer, stronger plastic. Kusano Sakko then ...

So what other reinforcing fiber options are there? As it turns out, cellulose is one of these, along with basalt. The former has received a lot of attention currently, as the addition of cellulose ...

Most cigarette butts contain a filter made of cellulose acetate fibre, a type of a bioplastic. But researchers found filters from un-smoked cigarettes had almost the same effect on plant growth as ...