Waxes are lipids composed of esters between fatty acids and fatty alcohols. Waxes are water-insoluble, but soluble in organic, non-polar solvents. Waxes can be found in biological systems, for ...

Plants export wax from epidermal cells to their external surfaces through a lipid transporter similar to those present in mammalian cells, according to a study from the University of British Columbia.

In Scientific Reports today, UConn researchers report a novel approach to reconstructing ancient climates using analyses of organic compounds in sediments and soils. This method was developed by ...

Plants export wax from epidermal cells to the surface of their aerial parts through a lipid transporter similar to those present in mammalian cells, researchers report in Science this week. This is ...

New research has outlined a new methodology for estimating ancient atmospheric water content based on fossil plant leaf waxes. New research, published in Scientific Reports, has outlined a new ...

Native and wound periderm was isolated enzymatically from potato (Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Desirée) tubers at different time intervals between 0 days up to 4 weeks after harvesting. Wound periderm ...

A study by researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) shows that the microbial communities inside whales may play an important role in the digestion of one of the ocean's most abundant ...

Cooling in high and mid-latitudes led to aridification in Northern Africa Northern high-latitude cooling played a role in triggering the rapid termination of the African Humid Period 5500 years ago ...