Channels in plant cell walls, called plasmodesmata, provide molecules with a bridge to move between cells, an essential phenomenon for cellular growth and development. The mystery has long been ...
Microscopes traditionally resolve only the thin layer of cellular activity within a narrow focal plane. Now scientists have ...
Chloroplasts, the parts of cells that allow plants and algae to photosynthesize ... using an electron microscope revealed that the structure of the thylakoid membrane of the chloroplasts ...
With winter comes frost and freezing temperatures. While many plants are winter-hardy, others can be damaged by as little as ...
Rosalind Franklin, James Watson and Francis Crick discovered the structure of DNA -- that molecular blueprint for life -- over 70 years ago. Today, scientists are still uncovering new ways to read it.
Salicylic acid is vital for protecting plants from pathogens, but its synthesis remains unclear. A recent study by Shinshu ...
Japan plans to generate energy equivalent to 20 nuclear reactors with perovskite solar cells, targeting net zero by 2050.
Life on Earth requires lipid membranes -- the structure of a cell that houses its interior ... explanation of what could have happened." Full list of authors: Christy J. Cho, Taeyang An ...
In most animal, plant and fungal cells DNA is stored in the nucleus coiled up in thread-like structures called chromosomes. The nucleus of one of your skin cells contains about two metres of DNA ...