Plants droop and shed their leaves when parched, but with a splash of water, their stems regain strength and their leaves ...

RG Kar Rape-Murder Case: Sanjay Roy was allowed to come out of his closed cell for a few hours for the first time on Tuesday after his status changed to a convict. Following his conviction and life ...

Frost kills most plant leaves because when the water in plant cells freezes, it expands and ruptures the cell walls, killing the cells and therefore the leaf tissue. This is another reason why ...

Similar to humans, plants have an immune system to help defend against parasites and other deleterious infections. The human body is interconnected with cell-to-cell communication to orchestrate an ...

Researchers have developed so-called microbial cell factories -- using E. coli and yeast -- to produce a special class of plant hormones, known as strigolactones, at unprecedented levels.

The guidance strategy of a cell varies with the chemotactic gradient: in steep gradients, cells produce pseudopodia directly up the gradient, but in weak gradients, pseudopodia are produced at ...