In a groundbreaking study on the synthesis of cellulose -- a major constituent of all plant cell walls -- a team has captured images of the microscopic process of cell-wall building continuously over ...

Advanced techniques are allowing scientists to witness the process where plant cells generate cellulose fibers.

The team recorded 24 hours of the cellular construction process, revealing surprising new details about how plant cell walls ...

The cells that make up the walls of the finest of all lymphatic vessels have a lobate, oak leaf-like shape that makes them particularly resilient to changes in fluid volume. A similar cell shape also ...

Scientists at Auburn University have uncovered a fundamental principle of how brain cells stay connected, and their discovery could change how we understand Alzheimer's disease.

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DOI: 10.1038/s41378-025-00881-y "Conventional flow cytometry is not practical for many resource ... learning algorithm used for image classification and object recognition—to only detect cells ...

Their manufacturing technique, detailed in Advanced Functional Materials ("All-Cellulose-Based Photonic Glitters"), transforms cellulose—the main component of plant cell walls—into precisely ...

These zaps are similar to those produced by heart and nerve cells. Mycelia produce spontaneous ... help robots bet­ter interact with the world, plant powers could help devices better survive ...

In this study, the scientists used an artificial intelligence approach known as machine learning to evaluate ... had access to abundant floral resources and lots of sun, while the bees from ...