An international group of researchers led by Pompeu Fabra University has discovered the nanomachine that controls ...

Genlisea, or the “corkscrew” carnivorous plant, doesn’t wait above ground to hunt. Here’s how it traps tiny prey right ...

Plants are quietly borrowing tricks from bacteria, repurposing foreign genes to build complex molecules that look a lot like ...

Researchers have identified three previously unknown lipid molecules in rice bran, one of which strengthens the skin's ...

A by-product of rice bran oil production has long been recognized as a source of beneficial lipids for skin health and ...

New research highlights how biogenic materials, ranging from antimicrobial nanoparticles to biomorphic bone scaffolds, are ...

As cultivated meat companies push beyond proof-of-concept and toward commercialization, some of the sector’s most stubborn ...

When a maize plant is attacked by the fungus Ustilago maydis, tumor-like tissue growths occur at the site of infection. How the pathogen causes this response in its host has long been unknown. But a ...

In the damp understory of forests in Taiwan, mainland Japan, and Okinawa, a plant called Balanophora can fool you at first glance. Its knobby flower stalks look more like a mushroom than a flowering ...

Researchers have uncovered a shared brain cell breakdown mechanism behind Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, revealing how two different proteins can disrupt neurons in the same devastating way.

Even after decades of peering into cells, biologists are still finding surprises. In a twist, researchers at the University of Virginia and the National Institutes of Health uncovered a new organelle, ...