Plant cells are surrounded by an intricately structured protective coat called the cell wall. It’s built of cellulose ...

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

A breakthrough in imaging technology promises to transform our understanding of the inner workings of living cells, and ...

Researchers from the University of Technology Delft, the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience and Caltech have developed a ...

Opaque solar cells are known to induce shade avoidance syndrome in plants. This can cause morphological adaptations, including changes in chlorophyll content and an increased leaf area, as well as a ...

Mar. 27, 2025 — Scientists have uncovered a surprising role for calcium in shaping the building blocks of life. Their study reveals that calcium ions help determine the molecular 'handedness ...

Molecules released from pathogens are recognised by plant cell surface receptors, and trigger specific signalling cascades that help to defend the plant against attack. Plant roots are exposed to ...

Nucleus Control centre of the cell. It contains the cell’s genetic information arranged in chromosomes. Chromosomes Threadlike structure found in the nucleus. Made of DNA which contains the ...

Their research reveals the specific genes responsible for some of the plant's most useful traits, ... If Native Plants Are Going to Survive Climate Change, They Need Our Help to Move -- Here's How ...

And this is where the growing process begins. The new shoots and leaves are green because of the chemicals within the plant. Those chemicals work with sunlight to produce the food that the plant ...