The image sequences provide new insights into how this cell structure forms, which could lead to innovations in plant-derived products such as renewable biofuels. Cell walls are made mostly of ...

Plant cells are surrounded by an intricately structured protective coat called the cell wall. It’s built of cellulose microfibrils intertwined with polysaccharides like hemicellulose or pectin.

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 ...

Japanese cell and module manufacturer Toyo Solar has begun production at its 2GW solar cell processing plant in Ethiopia. By the end of April, the company said it expects to ship more than 80MW of ...

Plant breeding has long faced a critical bottleneck: efficiently delivering gene-editing tools to the right cells. Traditional methods require complex lab techniques where plant tissue is ...

The Titan Arum is a large, beautiful, and rare flower. It blooms only once every 10 years and is only in bloom for two to three days. It has a large yellow spike (over 9 feet tall), surrounded by ...

Why the fuss? The Titan arum, with the titillating Latin name Amorphophallus titanum, is native to Sumatra and related to the common philodendron. It also happens to bloom only a few times in its ...

Inox Solar joins Indian solar manufacturer Jupiter International in building a solar cell and module assembly plant in the eastern state of Odisha. Image: Raphael Cruz via Unsplash. Indian solar ...

More than 4,000 plant species live at the UC Davis Botanical Conservatory — a wonder people of all ages discover when they first step inside the middle greenhouse on Kleiber Hall Drive. Typical with ...

Plant biologists examined records for nearly 1,200 individual corpse flower plants from 111 institutions around the world. The data and records were severely lacking and not standardized.