When human cells lack oxygen, they must react. Without oxygen, the metabolism can hardly generate energy, and many vital ...

A Korean stem cell company involved in everything from food manufacturing to Alzheimer's treatments is establishing a ...

If you want to keep your houseplants happy and healthy indoors all winter, be sure to add this one regular cleaning task to ...

In the intricate architecture of plant tissues, beauty often emerges from chaos, according to new research from Cornell ...

Scientists in China and the Netherlands say they have discovered how a single plant cell can regenerate into an entirely new plant by flipping two genetic switches. They said the findings could help ...

To conduct the anatomical analysis, the rehydrated leaves were cut in the middle third of the leaf blade, including the intercostal portion, main vein, leaf margin and petiole. The samples were ...

Drought stress causes peculiar challenges to plant cells reliant on turgor pressure and a polysaccharides-enriched cell wall for growth and development. Appropriate cell wall changes in mechanical ...

Crops are starting to grow faster with warmer temperatures, following a cool and wet spring, with rapid nutrient uptake and plant growth. Most plant nutrients are absorbed through the roots. Some ...

Plant cells are surrounded by an intricately structured protective coat called the cell wall. It’s built of cellulose microfibrils intertwined with polysaccharides like hemicellulose or pectin. We ...

For the first time, high-resolution time-lapse videos of tiny bits of living plants show how they assemble their protective cell walls, researchers report March 21 in Science Advances. The image ...