Scientists in Japan have found a way to create solar-powered tissues, which may lead to breakthroughs in growing organs and ...

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

Cellulose, a structural component of plant cell walls, is an abundant and promising ... postdoctoral scholar in the Penn State Eberly College of Science who led the research.

Most research on plant stem cells focuses on the tips of roots and shoots, where growth occurs in height. But biologist ...

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

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

Previously, it was believed that chloroplasts—light-capturing structures essential to plant cells—could not function within animal cells.

To learn more about the Science Partner Journal program, visit the SPJ program homepage. The mission of Plant Phenomics is to publish novel research that will advance all aspects of plant phenotyping ...

Between the long term health consequences of excessive meat consumption and the environmental impacts of the meat industry, ...

Importantly, these imported chloroplasts displayed activity for two further days, during which time their host cells grew at an accelerated rate. This indicates that photosynthesis was indeed ...

A new method developed by Penn State biologists allows them to turn stripped-down plant cells into other types of cells, similar to the way stem cells differentiate into different cell types. Using ...