Directed evolution is a laboratory technique that mimics natural selection and allows scientists to evolve genes and the proteins they encode. Traditionally, this technique has been used in microbes, ...

SAN DIEGO — The landscape of our planet is changing. Every form of life is being impacted by climate change and that includes plants. Researchers at the Salk Institute have created a new technology to ...

Similar to humans, plants have an immune system to help defend against parasites and other deleterious infections. The human body is interconnected with cell-to-cell communication to orchestrate an ...

Scientists in Japan have created hybrid plant-animal cells, essentially making animal cells that can gain energy from sunlight like plants. The breakthrough could have major benefits for growing ...

Every plant cell is the product of a biological merger billions of years ago. Chloroplasts are key structures in plants and ...