Plant cells are surrounded by an intricately structured protective coat called the cell wall. It’s built of cellulose ...

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

Every time the temperature drops, a cloud passes overhead, or the sun sets, a plant makes a choice: Keep its microscopic ...

While medical centers use ultrasound daily, so far this technology has not been capable of observing body tissues at the scale of cells. Physicists have now developed a microscopy technique based on ...

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

About 100 cells divide every second in our body. A key protein in cell division is a protein kinase termed Plk1, because it activates other proteins involved in this process. Plk1 is also ...

Duckweed might be the world’s most underestimated plant. Thriving in water and rich in potential, this fast-growing aquatic ...

About 4 billion years ago, Earth began to show signs of the conditions that allowed the first cells to take hold and populate ...

Mar. 27, 2025 — Scientists have uncovered a surprising role for calcium in shaping the building blocks of life. Their study reveals that calcium ions help determine the molecular 'handedness ...

Molecules released from pathogens are recognised by plant cell surface receptors, and trigger specific signalling cascades that help to defend the plant against attack. Plant roots are exposed to ...