A collaborative research team from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and the Hong Kong Polytechnic ...

Researchers are working to unravel the hidden biology of often-persnickety seeds as they age, sleep and awaken ...

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Scientists from The University of Manchester have changed our understanding of how cells in living organisms divide, which ...

Burslem’s team used the editors to make changes in five different proteins in live cells. The protein editors needed less ...

Hidden underground, roots are basically the most undervalued part of a plant. But there is so much more to the important role ...

Once inside the leaf (Fig. 1), microplastics move through spaces between plant cells and can also accumulate inside tiny hair-like structures, called trichomes, on the surface of leaves.

Plant cells without walls, known as protoplasts, are very fragile, and it has been difficult to keep them alive under a microscope for the several hours needed for them to build walls. Plant cells ...

Morphological observation assesses cell damage by directly examining changes in cell morphology under a microscope. If there are evident changes in the morphology of the cells following stimulation, ...

Nevertheless, such observations are complex─they require delicate samples kept in the liquid phase, low electron dose, and proper cell viability verification methods. Despite being highly demanding, ...