Understanding how roots grow can help us develop plants that—for example—are more resistant to drought. Research by Prof.

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

Understanding how roots grow can help us develop plants that, for example, are more resistant to drought. Research by Prof. Bert De Rybel’s team (VIB-UGent), in collaboration with the VIB Screening ...

Providing nutrients for plants, for example, is a big focus among gardeners because they really are fundamental for plant ...

Molecules released from pathogens are recognised by plant cell surface receptors, and trigger specific signalling cascades that help to defend the plant against attack. Wu et al. elucidate the ...

Pluripotent stem cells are cells that have the capacity to self-renew by dividing and to develop into the three primary germ cell layers of the early embryo and therefore into all cells of the ...

Using a computer model that reveals how plants grow thicker over time, biologists have uncovered how cells are activated to ...

La PORTE CITY — A ballot measure to spend $20.5 million on updating facilities at the Union Community School District was narrowly defeated Tuesday.

Hamster cells capable of photosynthesis: this could transform medicine. A Japanese team successfully achieved this feat, ...

Stem cells are specialized cells that have the potential to develop into not one but many different types of cell. They are unlike any other cell for three specific reasons: They are unspecialized, ...

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