Animals that resemble plants are not uncommon in the wild. Many creatures use this mimicry for camouflage purposes. One sea ...

A new discovery of a type of autophagy could lead to new methods for controlling aging in plants, report scientists. Researchers at Tohoku University have identified a previously uncharacterized type ...

Symbiotic bacteria living inside insect cells have lost much of their DNA over hundreds of millions of years, much like the ancient microbes that evolved into mitochondria ...

The signal recognition particle (SRP) has evolved in chloroplasts to include new components, new ways of recognizing targeting substrates and new capabilities that prevent aggregation of ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The electrical energy generated by thunderstorms can make our hair stand up, and even create ...

An international team of scientists has discovered that a small, low-abundance protein plays a surprisingly big role in assembling carboxysomes—specialized bacterial microcompartments that enable ...

For the first time, researchers have observed and measured weak electrical discharges, known as coronae, on trees during thunderstorms. A new study describes the near-invisible sparkles appearing ...

This slug does something animals are not supposed to do. It steals chloroplasts from algae and uses them to perform photosynthesis - turning sunlight into energy inside its own body. This blurs the ...

Anyone who engages in serious dialogue with a Large Language Model (LLM) may get the impression they are interacting with an ...

Transgenic plants have become attractive systems for production of human therapeutic proteins because of the reduced risk of mammalian viral contaminants, the ability to do large scale-up at low cost, ...

Scientists have theorised for nearly a century that thunderstorms could induce weak electrical discharges in plants. When a ...

CBSE Class 10 Science Sample Paper: The CBSE Class 10 Science Board Exam 2026 is scheduled to be held on February 25, 2026, ...