What makes plants grow to a certain size? From the tiniest cells to whole leaves, roots, and stems, growth has to be ...

New tech lets scientists study plant cells without rigid walls, using tiny droplets as growth chambers. This boosts control & speed, revealing how hormones impact cell growth & survival, aiding plant ...

Often called the dormancy hormone, abscisic acid inhibits any growth processes from starting at incorrect times.

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 ...

One key nutrient plants need to thrive and survive is CO 2, which is why plants have been a vital part of maintaining planetary balance, particularly when it comes to climate change. Excess amounts of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In living organisms, development is a combination of multiple coordinated processes that interact in time and space over the course of growth. One false note in the delicate symphony can have ...