These tiny microfibers bestow cellulose its strength and performance properties. With the help of technological advances, nanocellulose was discovered in the early 1980s. Now, scientists are able to ...

Plants have neither supportive bone tissue nor muscles, and yet they can form rigid structures like stalks and even tree trunks. This is due to the fact that plant cells are enveloped by a stable cell ...

Abstract. The fine structure of lignin deposition was examined in developing secondary walls of wound vessel members in Coleus. KMnO 4, which was used as the fixative, selectively reacts with the ...