Extracts made from parts of the cashew plant that are usually thrown away when the nuts are processed commercially were found ...

Purdue University scientists have discovered a key mechanism that regulates how plants develop chloroplasts, essential ...

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

Proteins in the sheath of cellular protrusions control how effectively cells can adhere to surfaces. Biological cells often ...

In a groundbreaking study on the synthesis of cellulose – a major constituent of all plant cell walls – a team of Rutgers University-New Brunswick researchers has captured images of the microscopic ...

Molecules released from pathogens are recognised by plant cell surface receptors, and trigger specific signalling cascades that help to defend the plant against attack. One effector of wheat ...

which regulates cytoskeletal networks to induce localized cell expansion. In contrast, organ development necessitates the polar transport of the plant hormone auxin, coupled with auxin’s role in ...

Mar. 26, 2025 — Researchers have developed 'tomoseqr' -- a new software tool that enables easy estimation of the three-dimensional (3D) spatial distribution of gene expression. Tomoseqr is free ...

The theme of the 2025 Royal Society of Biology Photography Competition is Restoring Biodiversity and Habitat. This topic could mean so many things and we would love to see your interpretation. We’ve ...