Signals from the plant cell wall help to orchestrate growth, reproduction and immune function. Can harnessing this molecular ...

Researchers have uncovered a new biochemical mechanism fundamental to plant life. They have now detailed the enzymatic reaction involving carbohydrates present in plant cell walls, which are essential ...

For the first time, high-resolution time-lapse videos of tiny bits of living plants show how they assemble their protective cell walls, researchers report March 21 in Science Advances. The image ...

The secret of how fiber shapes the structure of plant cell walls has been revealed, with potentially wide-ranging applications ranging from nutrition and health to agriculture. Researchers from The ...

Researchers take a big step in showing efficacy of bioprinting plant cells to study cellular communication and viability in a controlled environment. A new study from North Carolina State University ...

New research has demonstrated that extracts from plant cell walls can be used to develop sustainable treatments to protect against crop diseases. Crop diseases can be completely devastating in ...

Find out how asparagus and vanilla orchids demonstrate the importance of cell walls in plant survival and adaptability.

Clothing that adapts to one's needs and senses the external habitat. A lunar lava tunnel that uses bacteria, plants and fungi to create sustainable human habitats within otherwise unlivable places.

Lignins—the complex molecules that make plants sturdy and allow them to grow tall—are not as random as once thought. A new ...

Shanhui Xu, a postdoctoral scholar in the Aiiso Yufeng Li Family Department of Chemical and Nano Engineering at the UC San ...