Three-dimensional growth of large populations of cells in vitro has been observed in the interstices of a matrix consisting of collagen-coated cellulose sponge. The growth of Walker tumor 256 in this ...

A new, absorbent material could be of assistance in future oil spill accidents: a chemically modified nanocellulose sponge. The light material absorbs the oil spill, remains floating on the surface ...

video: Expansion and merging of wet micropores in a cellulose sponge. This material relates to a paper that appeared in Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by Jonghyun Ha at Seoul National ...

As the Deepwater Horizon incident showed us, oil spills can be huge environmental disasters. That said, there are also considerable challenges in dealing with the waste products generated by the ...

video: Water rise within a cellulose (kitchen) sponge, and then within a bread pore coalescence. This material relates to a paper that appeared in Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by ...