Fruits and plant extracts contain bioactive compounds that can help treat or prevent diseases. To characterize and understand their mechanism of action, researchers from universities and research ...

Proteins in the sheath of cellular protrusions control how effectively cells can adhere to surfaces. Biological cells often ...

Throughout evolution, plants have continuously adapted to survive in changing environments. Apart from complex structural ...

Despite being an everyday necessity, nutrition is something of a black box. We know that many plant-based foods are good for us, but we don't always know why.

Purdue University scientists have discovered a key mechanism that regulates how plants develop chloroplasts, essential ...

There are various guidelines and regulations surrounding plant variety denominations and trademarks. A comparison of the ...

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams, Barry 'Butch' Wilmore, and Nick Hague will share insights from their extended ISS mission in ...

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

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 has captured images of the microscopic ...

Scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have unlocked the secret behind the blossom’s captivating aroma – tracing it ...