At the base of mossy trees, deep in the mountains of Taiwan and mainland Japan or nestled in the subtropical forests of ...

Imagine if our bodies could grow new organs throughout our entire lives. Plants do this constantly, thanks to tiny, powerful ...

Purdue University researchers found that a subset of epidermal cells in plant leaves serves as early responders to chemical ...

Cells may generate their own electrical signals through microscopic membrane motions. Researchers show that active molecular ...

Cell division is essential for the correct transmission of genetic information. Each chromosome within a plant contains a ...

Balanophora lost photosynthesis long ago but kept tiny plastids that run key chemistry and shows how forest parasites adapt ...

Brain organoids can be a good step forward, assuming they are grown from induced human pluripotent stem cells. That allows us to sidestep ethical concerns about the use of human embryos, thereby ...

Cycad cones aren’t always hot. Instead, they follow daily cycles of heating and cooling: Pollen-laden male cones produce a big burst of heat in the late afternoon, and then ovulating female cones warm ...

It’s official: “Six Seven” Just earned the title of Dictionary.com’s 2025 Word of the Year. But even as the word is officially added to the cultural lexicon, it has already been quietly removed ...

This is a valuable study that investigates peptidoglycan (PG) recycling in Caulobacter crescentus, demonstrating its importance for β-lactam resistance, cell morphology, and cell division. The ...