Scientists have discovered a way to remove toxic compounds from potatoes, making them safer to eat and easier to store. The breakthrough could cut food waste and enhance crop farming in space and ...

In plants, programmed cell death (PCD) is a genetically controlled pathway that eliminates specific cells. It is an integral part of the plant life-cycle from embryogenesis to senescence, and drives ...

Engineers at Princeton showed that some types of soil bacteria can influence a plant’s balance of growth and defense. The ...

In Japan, researchers have conducted an experiment as bizarre as it is fascinating, creating hybrid cells that are part hamster and part plant. According to the scientists involved, this breakthrough ...

Plants produce a variety of secondary metabolites that play essential roles in defense, symbiosis, and reproduction. Many of ...

That’s because scientists from the University of Tokyo have found a method that allows animals to photosynthesise. With their ...

This protein acts both as an enzyme and a scaffold, organizing other enzymes into a "conversion factory" that efficiently ...

Gilroy, S. & Trewavas, A. Signal processing and transduction in plant cells: the end of the beginning? Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 2, 307–314 (2001) doi:10.1038/35067109. Surpin ...

On top of the Indonesia solar cell production plant, EliTe Solar is building an 8GW solar cell and module assembly plant in Egypt. Image: EliTe Solar. Singapore-headquartered solar manufacturer ...

Here are some of the primary disadvantages: The final decision on whether refurbished parts should be incorporated into a power plant upgrade depends more on the requirements of the company or ...

The US Department of Energy (DoE) has finalized a $1.45 billion loan guarantee to Hanwha Qcells to support its solar plant in ...

Dec. 18, 2024 — Scientists have generated human stem cell models which contain notochord -- a tissue in the developing embryo that acts like a navigation system, directing cells where to build ...