More insight into the process could improve crop productivity WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University scientists have discovered a key mechanism that regulates how plants develop chloroplasts, ...

In a groundbreaking study, researchers at Rutgers University-New Brunswick have captured continuous, 24-hour images of cellulose synthesis, the process by which plant cell walls are built, using ...

The thylakoids contain the light-harvesting complex, including pigments such as chlorophyll, as well as the electron transport chains used in photosynthesis (Figure 2). Plant cell walls are ...

Mindy Weisberger’s book, Rise of the Zombie Bugs, explores the sophisticated—and macabre—relationships between zombifying parasites and their hosts.

Pregnancy is actually a pretty complicated process that has several steps ... to see if any sperm are around. When a sperm cell joins with an egg, it’s called fertilization. Fertilization doesn’t ...