Plants use ubiquitin ligases to translate the presence of a phytohormone into a transcriptional response. Using cryo-EM, Vancea et al. reveal the mechanism underlying the perception of strigolactones ...

Animal growth and development is a multifaceted process that spans from the prenatal phase—where rapid cellular proliferation, differentiation and morphogenesis occur—to postnatal expansion, which ...

A professor of plant molecular biology wants people to know that plants have stem cells too. Just like in the medical world, plant stem cells could support human growth and development when used to ...

Living organisms quietly emit light. This glow is real, measurable, and tied to life itself. Researchers at the University of Calgary and the National Research Council of Canada have now shown that ...

Researchers at the Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), have uncovered a long-sought mechanism employed by primitive land plants such as bryophytes (including mosses and ...

A recent study published in Nature Communications has uncovered groundbreaking findings in plant biology, opening new doors for understanding how plants manage energy production and growth. The ...

Stem cell research is a hot topic. With applications for a host of human medical advancements, researchers have been working with animal and human stem cells for years. But animals aren’t the only ...