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 ...

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 ...

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

Oct. 30, 2024 — Energy-making chloroplasts from algae have been inserted into hamster cells, enabling the cells to photosynthesize light, according to new research in Japan. It was previously ...

Gilroy, S. & Trewavas, A. Signal processing and transduction in plant cells: the end of the beginning? Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 2, 307–314 (2001) doi:10.1038/35067109. Surpin ...

Nov. 4, 2024 — Evolutionary biologists report they have analyzed a fossil of an extinct giant meat-eating bird -- which they say could be the largest known member of its kind -- providing new ...

A team of scientists from Monash University has solved the structure of a protein known as "LYCHOS," which can detect and ...

The European Court of Justice (CJEU) ruled on Friday Oct. 4 that plant-based foods burgers and sausages can continued to be labeled with names mimicking their meaty counterpart in a dispute that ...

In a recent study published in Nature Communications, scientists at the Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology at Karolinska Institutet, in collaboration with Michigan State University ...

The gene-regulating molecule HAN is an important regulator for plant growth. "We were able to show that HAN transmits the WOX5 signal and ensures that the CDF4 gene remains inactive in stem cells ...

Production of the solar cell plant in Hawassa, Ethiopia, is expected to start at the end of Q1 2025. Image: Toyo Solar. Japanese cell and module manufacturer Toyo Solar plans to build a 2GW solar ...