Researchers create a cleaner and greener bio-based proton exchange membrane for fuel cells made of plant and animal materials ...

Scientists from The University of Manchester have changed our understanding of how cells in living organisms divide, which ...

A team of researchers led by Prof. Xiao Jun from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB) of the Chinese ...

New research challenges the view that proteins are the only key to evolution, highlighting the importance of lipids.

Hydrogen fuel cells convert hydrogen and oxygen into electricity, heat, and water. Because this conversion process doesn't ...

Here's how scientists at Rutgers University-New Brunswick witnessed living plant cells building their own cell walls. A team of researchers have captured continuous photographs of cellulose synthesis ...

Plant cell biology is the study of all aspects of plant cells. It is particularly concerned with structure, growth, division, signalling, differentiation and death of plant cells. The authors ...

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea Department of Physiology, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea ...

Aquaporins are proteins that rapidly transport water across cell membranes while excluding salt. They are critical for maintaining the right balance of water inside and outside cells and for ...

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.

Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. The specific lipid composition of cell membrane microenvironments plays a critical role in regulating a range of cellular processes such as ...