Seed plants, such as soybeans, store large amounts of protein in specialized organelles called protein storage vacuoles.

Researchers studied how plants search for water when soil becomes dry. Plants normally grow roots downward due to gravity.

Scientists have decoded the atomic structure of Photosystem I from a 3-billion-year-old cyanobacteria lineage, offering a unique look at early oxygen-producing photosynthesis. The ancient nanodevice, ...

Sterols are among the most abundant lipids in eukaryotic cells, yet are synthesized through notoriously long, complex metabolic pathways. Researchers have used a novel approach to show how they ...

NASA research shows oxygen loss, not asteroids, will end life on Earth. Discover when and how this will happen in the distant ...

In a Queensland river where natural gas seeps up through the water, many living creatures have come to depend on it for their ...

He found evidence of this on the skin of lizards and the leaves of certain plants. "Lizards living in dry ... these patterns from nature into the channels within their new cell, to more effectively ...

Key Laboratory of Forest Plant Ecology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Resource Utilization, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, P. R. China ...

A team of scientists from BGI-Research, Southern University of Science and Technology and other institutions has unveiled the most detailed single-cell map of a plant ever created, providing new ...

The plants were grown in a growth chamber (CFH-415; Tomy Seiko, Tokyo, Japan) under 12-hour light/dark cycles at 28/23°C, which contained a fluorescent lighting system as described by Inomata et al.

Nature Research Intelligence Topics enable transformational understanding and discovery in research by categorising any document into meaningful, accessible topics. Read this blog to understand ...

They work in labs exploring algae in acid mine drainage, barcoding medicinal plants in Pakistan, or unlocking the secrets of cell walls. They help set up community gardens and preserve old growth ...