The two-spotted ladybird looks pretty ­ordinary to the naked eye – it’s a 2.5mm long, dark-coloured beetle – but under the ...

Chinese scientists have discovered a small molecule in plant cells that can trigger immunity. This molecule, which has been ...

A man built an improvised high-powered microscope using an old glue stick. He created the portable optical instrument with ...

At first glance, the image (seen below) might look like a sci-fi plant structure ... the differentiated and ...

A research team led by Sarah Pfaff, postdoctoral scholar in biology at Penn State, used their new method to explore how banding patterns in specialized plant cell walls are made.

Scientists in Japan have created hybrid plant-animal cells, essentially making animal cells that can gain energy from ...

Using a new method to isolate and reprogram plant cells into other cell types, Penn State biologists explored how banding ...

A team has clarified how in plants the boric acid channels, the conduits for the necessary element boron, are transported to the plasma membrane.

The efficient use of cellulose—the primary plant scaffold and a major natural building block—could address many issues associated with petroleum-based polymers across various industries. In the search ...

The Indonesia Battery Corporation (IBC) and Contemporary Amperex Technology Company (CATL) unit, CBL have formed a joint venture for the construction of a battery cell manufacturing plant ...

From spines on neurons to pollen on an insect’s eye, the winners of Nikon’s Small World photo contest offer a kaleidoscopic glimpse into a tiny world.