Its smooth green leaves often serve a soothing purpose. But research suggests this familiar houseplant could provide another ...

Millions of people worldwide live with mitochondrial diseases. These are inherited conditions that make it hard for the ...

In the intricate architecture of plant tissues, beauty often emerges from chaos, according to new research from Cornell ...

With a three-year, $1.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Chi Zhang, ...

This article was reviewed by Darragh O’Carroll, MD. Is There a Diet to Reverse Biological Age? What Science Shows (and How to Do It) With headlines ...

YOKOHAMA, Japan, March 18 (UPI) -- Japanese scientists investigating the biological cycle in plants say they have detailed the functions of three proteins that regulate plant development. Researchers ...

Eating a plant-based diet consisting of fruits, vegetables, nuts and legumes can help prevent and reverse heart disease in ...

In plants and animals, the NLR family of receptors perceives non-self and modified-self molecules inside host cells and mediates innate immune responses to microbial pathogens. Despite their similar ...

When looking at forests, we hardly get to see beyond a bunch of green. However, for a plant ecologist, forests represent a much more complex world consisting of different species. This diversity of ...

The function of MADS-box genes in flower and fruit development has been uncovered at a rapid pace over the past decade. Evolutionary biologists can now analyse the expression pattern of MADS-box genes ...