Just like in yeast and animal cells, vacuoles in plants are responsible for breaking down unwanted cellular components. At ...

A team has identified a protein that modifies the cellular machinery responsible for producing cellulose, which could inform the design of more stable, cellulose-enriched materials for biofuels and ...

Mitochondria isolated from onions entered lung immune cells in mice and restored their energy balance, revealing an ...

Directed evolution is a laboratory technique that mimics natural selection and allows scientists to evolve genes and the ...

DURHAM, N.C. -- The “deathbed rally,” the “last hurrah” -- it’s not unheard of for living things to mysteriously perk up in the moments before death. It turns out that plants do it too, at least at ...

Two Ohio University Ph.D. students recently showcased their research at the 2025 International Conference on Plant Cell Wall ...

A professor of plant molecular biology wants people to know that plants have stem cells too. Just like in the medical world, plant stem cells could support human growth and development when used to ...