Scientists have successfully grown over 400 different types of nerve cells from stem cells in the lab—a groundbreaking step toward replicating the complexity of the human brain.

Seeds provide most of the calories humanity eats, yet the cells that decide how big each seed becomes have remained a mystery ...

Learning about these unknown functions is affecting scientists' fundamental understanding of how cells work. Biomolecular ...

The finding, published Dec. 20 in Plant Cell, was co-authored by Cornell researchers and ... They have been known to influence genetic expression by, for example, providing structure, organization and ...

More insight into the process could improve crop productivity WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University scientists have discovered a key mechanism that regulates how plants develop chloroplasts, ...

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

In a discovery with potential practical applications, a team of Rutgers biophysicists, bioengineers and plant biologists capture first live images In a groundbreaking study on the synthesis of ...

Stomata, microscopic pores on plant leaves, regulate gas exchange and water loss by opening or closing in response to environmental cues. Guard cell surrounding each stoma regulate this process by ...

Although plant cell-based bioproduction has advanced considerably during the past several years, certain elements remain largely unexplored.