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 ...

With the lightest touch, this plant bursts open, flinging its seeds through the air. Here’s how it evolved this biological ...

A mutant seedling revealed how plant tissues scatter incoming light, allowing plants to sense its direction and move toward it. On a shelf lined with terra cotta pots, herbs bend their stems toward ...

Sylvia Mitchell (left) is Head of the Medicinal Plant Biotechnology Research Group in the Biotechnology Centre at the University of the West Indies (UWI; Mona, Jamaica). She founded this research ...

Researchers have successfully uncovered the molecular mechanisms by which bacterial cellulose patches stimulate the regeneration of plant wounds. The regeneration process requires the activation of ...

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 ...

FORT PIERCE — Indian River State College hosted its inaugural Plant Tissue Culture Workshop in collaboration with AgroSource, Inc. This innovative program highlighted the strength of IRSC’s Biological ...

This Research Topic is centered on the complex physiological processes plants undergo when responding to stress, which often occur at the organ and tissue levels. Traditionally, the focus has been on ...