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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Researchers at the Weizmann Institute have developed a biodegradable composite material that could play a significant role in ...

The team looked for overlaps between ruminates and humans as a way to identify bacteria capable of breaking down cellulose.

A paper describing this work is published in the Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A. Cellulose is the Earth's most abundant and widespread natural polysaccharide, commonly found in plant ...