Auxin is the first plant hormone—or "phytohormone"—ever identified, with its discovery dating to the late 19th and early 20th ...

Thick multicellular plant samples provide unique challenges when it comes to cryo-preservation, which has resulted in limited successful examples for structural studies using in situ cryo-electron ...

As part of the project, the researchers draw on insights from the evolution of the plant world ... the-art 3D electron microscopy to reveal the subtle architectural changes in the cell.

When two organisms live together so closely that they merge into a functional unit, this is known as symbiosis. In the "1+1=1 ...

A new study from Holden Forests & Gardens and the USDA Agricultural Research Service confirms that beech leaf disease—already ...

A team of engineers has discovered a simple, affordable way to make ordinary wood much stronger—without adding extra weight or changing how it bends. By adding tiny particles of iron called ...

Algae are the new delivery drivers: they are tiny enough to float in inhalable liquid particles and travel deep inside the ...