You've probably seen or experienced most of these common science phenomena before, but you may not have thought about why ...

Colorectal cancer is a serious but preventable disease if detected early. Advances in diagnostics, such as biomarker analysis ...

Imaging wall-less plant cells every six minutes for 24 hours revealed how the cells build their protective barriers.

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.

A team led by Professor Kazuhiro Maeshima of the National Institute of Genetics (ROIS) and SOKENDAI in Japan has developed a ...

Purdue University scientists have discovered a key mechanism that regulates how plants develop chloroplasts, essential ...

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 ...