Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Leaves are food factories for the tree. Powered by sunlight, the green ...

Lignin is a natural component of plant cell walls, the scaffolding that surrounds each cell and plays a pivotal role in plants' ability to grow against gravity and reach heights ranging from stubbly ...

A large ficus tree from California is lifted into the Spheres on Amazon’s downtown Seattle campus on Tuesday. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) A 48-year-old tree, sent by truck from a Southern ...

Researchers have uncovered the mechanics of how plant cell walls balance the strength and rigidity provided by cellulose with its ability to stretch and compress. This discovery helps explain how ...