The macromolecular organization of photosynthetic complexes within the thylakoids of higher plant chloroplasts has been a topic of significant debate. Using in situ cryo-electron tomography, this ...

That process, called carbon fixation, resulted in the assembly of two three-carbon molecules called 3-phosphoglycerate (3-PGA ...

Microplastics are hindering photosynthesis, the process by which plants convert energy from the sun into the fruit and ...

Carbon dioxide (CO₂) pollution drives climate change, warming the planet and threatening human survival. Plants naturally ...

To protect crops from rising droughts, scientists are looking to the genes of a small group of plants that can survive months ...

WILMINGTON, Del., March 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture has recently issued a Response to the Am I Regulated (AIR) Inquiry from NAPIGEN, Inc. notifying the company that ...

Advanced techniques are allowing scientists to witness the process where plant cells generate cellulose fibers.

In a groundbreaking study on the synthesis of cellulose—a major constituent of all plant cell walls—a team of Rutgers University-New Brunswick researchers have captured images of the microscopic ...

In a groundbreaking study on the synthesis of cellulose -- a major constituent of all plant cell walls -- a team has captured images of the microscopic process of cell-wall building continuously over ...

The team recorded 24 hours of the cellular construction process, revealing surprising new details about how plant cell walls ...

Our blood consists of many cell types that develop through different stages from a precursor type -- the blood stem cell. An international research team has now investigated the developmental pathways ...