Plants droop and shed their leaves when parched, but with a splash of water, their stems regain strength and their leaves ...

Similar to humans, plants have an immune system to help defend against parasites and other deleterious infections. The human body is interconnected with cell-to-cell communication to orchestrate an ...

ARF will trigger or halt the activity of genes that are related to growth. "At some point in evolution, plant cells must have developed a way to recognize and respond to plant hormones," noted first ...

A new tool could make it easier to study scarce plant molecules. Researchers have developed so-called microbial cell factories -- using E. coli and yeast -- to produce a special class of plant ...

Even months after the initial diagnosis of Covid -- caused by the SARs-CoV-2 virus -- millions of people worldwide suffer from its ongoing effects. Cognitive impairment and fatigue are the most ...

Riley Black’s new book, When the Earth was Green, uses the latest research to envision the ancient worlds of our favorite prehistoric animals.

New research finds no overall difference in cancer risk between red and white wine, but white wine is linked to a higher cancer risk in women and an increased risk of skin cancer. Review ...

First Solar is a thin-film solar PV manufacturer with a plant near Chennai, while Waaree specializes in crystalline silicon-based PV cells. According to a source, perovskite material can be ...

The study, which has now been published in the journal Science Advances, also provides clues as to how plants manage to transmit immune signals from cell to cell without disrupting other signalling ...

This is called photosynthesis. The basic structure of a plant cell is shown below. Photosynthesis relies on many structures in the cell all working together, each playing its role. The diagram ...