Damage to the genetic material of mitochondria – the mitochondrial DNA or mtDNA for short – can lead to diseases such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's ...

Plant cells without walls, known as protoplasts, are very fragile, and it has been difficult to keep them alive under a ...

Scientists are looking for answers about how these confounding trips, known as metastases, occur throughout the human body ...

ORNL scientists created a biosensor technology that lets researchers visualize and track RNA activity in living plants, using ...

Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed the first-ever method of detecting ribonucleic acid, or RNA, ...

A company in the Netherlands says it has perfected a way to create "graft chimeras" with the skin of one plant and the ...

Imaging wall-less plant cells every six minutes for 24 hours revealed how the cells build their protective barriers.

A greenhouse with a perovskite solar cell rooftop led to faster growth and larger leaves in radicchio seedlings ...

RNA interference (RNAi) is a biotechnological tool used for gene silencing in plants, with both endogenous and exogenous applications. Endogenous approaches, such as host-induced gene silencing (HIGS) ...

Plants don't just grow, they build. From towering trees to delicate flowers, complex plant shapes are sculpted with ...

Biology — the science of life, living things and the processes that keep us all running — links up in essential ways with ...