A certain species of sea slug steals chloroplasts from algae and houses its contraband in special organelles that it can raid ...

The origin of red beans — also called adzuki — has been murky. A new study says Japan is where it all started.

The rare agarwood-producing tree, Aquilaria khasiana, was officially confirmed in Assam by scientists from the Botanical ...

University of California Riverside research reveals plants use sugar and thermal signals to detect daytime heat.

Guwahati: Scientists from the Botanical Survey of India (BSI) have confirmed the presence of Aquilaria khasiana—a Critically Endangered agarwood-producing tree species—in Assam’s Jeypore Reserve ...

Chloroplasts are specialized organelles where photosynthesis occurs, in a highly structured network of membranes, composed of stacked thylakoids interconnected by lamellae. They possess their own ...

Microalgae, tiny yet essential for the proper functioning of our climate, have just revealed a new secret. A team of ...

Abstract Chloroplast division, a process tightly linked to the energy demands of plants, is initiated by the formation of the stromal filamenting temperature-sensitive Z (FtsZ) ring. The Z ring is ...

Alignment and sequencing errors are a major concern in molecular evolution, and this valuable study represents a welcome improvement for genome-wide scans of positive selection. This new method seems ...

W henever icons like Victoria Beckham and Margot Robbie say they love a product or brand on social media, I sit up and listen ...