Scientists in Japan have created hybrid plant-animal cells, essentially making animal cells that can gain energy from sunlight like plants. The breakthrough could have major benefits for growing ...

A group of researchers in Japan have made quite the breakthrough. According to a new study published in the Proceedings of the Japan Academy, Series B, these scientists have created solar-powered ...

Scientists have published new evidence that plant tissues can have a preferred direction of growth and that this characteristic is essential for producing complex plant shapes. Scientists at the John ...

Scientists can now rapidly read the genetic code of an organism, even a plant, in the field. A portable real-time DNA sequencer speeds the process of reading the genome—an organism’s complete set of ...

Obtain fast and efficient extraction of nucleic acids, proteins, and other molecules with the new Spex ® Genomax ® 2050; a high-throughput plant and animal tissue homogenizer and cell lyser designed ...

ITHACA, NY -- A protein that signals tissue damage to the human immune system has a counterpart that plays a similar role in plants, report researchers at the Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI). Professor ...