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 ...

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

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 ...

Plant and animal cells are both ... on earth – both plant and animal. Although most cells are so tiny that they can only be seen through a microscope there are some important differences between ...

Nankai University researchers have found that plant leaves can directly absorb microplastics (MPs) from the atmosphere, ...

Nevertheless, such observations are complex─they require delicate samples kept in the liquid phase, low electron dose, and proper cell viability verification methods. Despite being highly demanding, ...

THE STUDY, published in The Plant Cell under the title “The homeotic gene PhDEF regulates production of volatiles in petunia flowers by activating EOBI and EOBII,” shows how PhDEF, a homeotic ...

All had incredibly successful seasons, obviously, but differing expectations and resources shape who will be considered an "overachiever" and who will be labeled an "underachiever." It's an ...

“We respect the self-determination of the people of Greenland, but my argument to them is: I think that you’d be a lot better coming under the United States’ security umbrella than you have ...