Arabidopsis thaliana was always an unlikely candidate for the limelight. But 25 years ago, the diminutive thale cress ...

The discovery opens a path to the sustainable synthesis of anti-inflammatory and anti-tumor agents. Scientists at UBC Okanagan have revealed how plants create mitraphylline, a rare natural substance ...

If you’d happen to walk in the Chihuahuan Desert between Mexico in the US, you might come across one of these things. The ...

Firn says its active ingredient, derived from organisms dormant since the Ice Age, significantly increases skin’s natural capacity for self-regeneration.

Greening disease has devastated the citrus crop in Florida, but University of Florida scientists are using genes from another ...

Scientists have already created designer viruses in a lab that can kill dangerous bacteria. The next step is designing and ...

Signals from the plant cell wall help to orchestrate growth, reproduction and immune function. Can harnessing this molecular ...

Shanhui Xu, a postdoctoral scholar in the Aiiso Yufeng Li Family Department of Chemical and Nano Engineering at the UC San ...

A team of researchers led by the University of California San Diego has discovered a new way to make yeast cells more efficient "factories" for producing valuable plant compounds. The advance could ...

After decades of recording detailed information about different varieties of crops, their traits and the DNA sequences they ...

This study reveals part of the unique membrane trafficking network that plants have evolved during their history, providing new insights into both cell biology and plant science. More information: ...

This study revealed two independent retrograde pathways: a sorting nexin–mediated pathway (orange) and a core retromer–mediated pathway (blue). In yeast, sorting nexins and the core retromer form a ...