Plant cells without walls, known as protoplasts, are very fragile, and it has been difficult to keep them alive under a ...

In a breakthrough with promising real-world applications, a team of Rutgers biophysicists, bioengineers, and plant biologists ...

Cellulose, the most abundant biopolymer, is utilized to make a wide range of products like clothes and paper. Also, it helps ...

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

Nearly 150 years ago, scientists began to imagine how information might flow through the brain based on the shapes of neurons ...

Hidden underground, roots are basically the most undervalued part of a plant. But there is so much more to the important role ...

Imagine if a plant in a farmer's field could warn a grower that it needs water? Or if a farmer could signal to plants that ...

A new kind of microscope called ELVIS is heading to the International Space Station to change how we study life in space. By ...

Thanks to a mouse watching clips from “The Matrix,” scientists have created the largest functional map of a brain to date.

Plant and animal cells have many differences and each different part is vital to the role they ... so tiny that they can only be seen through a microscope there are some important differences ...