Mycorrhizal fungi are the 'masters of the universe' beneath your feet, forming a 'wood wide web' vital for plant health and soil.

By freezing a crucial phosphoric acid complex to near absolute zero, scientists uncovered a single, unexpectedly stable structure at the heart of proton transport.

Duckweed is the fastest-growing flowering plant, but new knowledge of duckweed genetics discovered by Adelaide University ...

The tariffs themselves are mostly a nonevent for the chemical industry. As C&EN senior correspondent Alex Tullo reported ...

Using a new method to isolate and reprogram plant cells into other cell types, biologists explored how banding patterns that increase the stability of plant cell walls are created and how their ...

Living cells are highly organized, yet they are not assembled using rigid blueprints or by following a predetermined plan.

After decades, scientists have finally pieced together the 23-step biosynthetic pathway to produce this cancer drug ...

The Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC; Tarragona, Spain) has launched a new pilot line for the manufacturing of ceramic devices using 3D printing for the generation and use of renewable ...

California-based startup California Cultured has filed a patent covering the production of cocoa butter in plant cell culture, a first for the industry. As prices skyrocket and firms struggle with ...

Plant cell walls are complex composite structures that must balance mechanical strength with plasticity (Delmer et al., 2024). They determine cell shape, provide protection against pathogens and ...

Nanoparticles – microscopic specks released by cars, factories, forest fires, and volcanoes – float through every ecosystem on Earth. Scientists are also designing these particles to precisely deliver ...