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 ...

The Sumatran rhinoceros are considered a critically endangered species, with an estimated 80 or fewer Sumatran rhinos alive in the world today who all currently live in Indonesia. A large reason the ...

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 ...

A key question that remains in biology and biophysics is how three-dimensional tissue shapes emerge during animal development. Research teams have now found a mechanism by which tissues can be ...

Scientists are looking to plant tissues that are capable of motion to inspire the design and fabrication of artificial actuators. These bioinspired actuators hold significant potential in applications ...

FREEZE-DRYING has proved a valuable technique in cytological investigations of animal cells and tissues, but it has not met with the same success when applied to plants 1. Frozen-dried animal tissues ...

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 Daniel ...

After several years of experimentation, scientists have engineered thale cress, or Arabidopsis thaliana, to behave like a succulent, improving water-use efficiency, salinity tolerance and reducing the ...

Researchers studied recent extinctions from climate change to estimate the loss of plant and animal species by 2070. Their results suggest that as many as one in three species could face extinction ...

3D surface of the fruit fly wing disc before (left) and after (right) eversion. Highlighted in blue is the pouch region, which transforms from a radially symmetric dome into a curved fold by ...