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 ...

While there are plenty of weird animals in nature, some of the strangest organisms can only be seen under a microscope. Here ...

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

Xiao Jun from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has discovered a new way in which temperature can influence the fate of plant cells by ...

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 ...

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.