Stem cell research is a hot topic. With applications for a host of human medical advancements, researchers have been working with animal and human stem cells for years. But animals aren’t the only ...

A new method developed by Penn State biologists allows them to turn stripped-down plant cells into other types of cells, similar to the way stem cells differentiate into different cell types.

The trunk of a tree is like the stem of a small plant, only a lot stronger. It too carries water around the tree. Roots The roots of a tree can go very deep under the ground and spread out a long way.

Knowing how to support garden plants will help them flourish rather than flop. Here's everything you need to know ...

Back-to-back papers in the Dec. 29 issue of Nature Plants report the first complete protein structures for plant respiratory supercomplex I+III2. Obtaining these structures helps researchers ...

And in this media, the three types of stem cells self-organized to form this embryolike structure. It’s not an embryo—it’s an embryolike structure. Or in other words, we can call it a model ...