New evidence shows plant leaves absorb airborne microplastics, a previously overlooked route for the particles to enter crops ...

During morphogenesis—the process by which living organisms take shape—cells collectively position themselves in specific ways ...

Walk into any home or workplace today, and you're likely to find an array of indoor plants. The global market for indoor ...

A team of scientists from BGI-Research at Southern University of Science and Technology in Wuhan, Hubei province, and other institutions has unveiled the most detailed single-cell map of a plant ever ...

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

A far-reaching study has cast doubt on statistical methods used to identify long-distance signaling networks in plants. The ...

Damage to the mitochondria, the “power plants” of the cells, contributes to many diseases. Researchers from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) and the University of Cologne led by HHU ...

Researchers show that a cocktail of growth factors reversed would-be lethal cell damage in mice with anthrax, suggesting that this approach could be adapted for use in patients. Anthrax ...

Researchers have shown that open-label placebos can help, particularly when combined with an explanation of the treatment. For many women, the days prior to menstruation are characterized by ...

Plant hormones, also known as phytohormones, are chemicals that regulate plant cell processes. They are signal molecules produced within the plant functioning in extremely low concentrations.

In a major scientific milestone, a team of researchers has captured the first continuous, real-time footage of cellulose being synthesized and self-assembled into the intricate scaffolding that gives ...

2018). Figure 1. Plant cell wall structure and oligogalacturonides (OGs) signalling pathway. The illustration represents the plant cell wall and the release of DAMPs, such as OGs, upon CW rupture. The ...