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

Plant cells have several structures not found in other eukaryotes. In particular, organelles called chloroplasts allow plants to capture the energy of the Sun in energy-rich molecules; cell walls ...

Scientists in Japan have created hybrid plant-animal cells, essentially making animal cells that can gain energy from ...

Plant vs Animal Cells: Lysosomes Lysosomes are membrane-bound organelles that are found within cells. Their main role is to ...

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

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

Each component of a cell has its own function. Animal and plant cells differ and they have similarities. Nucleus, cell membrane, cytoplasm and mitochondria are four cell components that are found ...

Botanists have come to understand the channels and transporters involved in the uptake and transport of nutrients, yet how ...

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

Despite this dependence, plants retain less than 5% of the water absorbed by roots for cell expansion and plant growth. The remainder passes through plants directly into the atmosphere ...