What makes plants grow to a certain size? From the tiniest cells to whole leaves, roots, and stems, growth has to be ...

Down syndrome is caused by an error in cell division during development. Individuals receive three copies of chromosome 21 instead of the typical two copies, resulting in duplicates of the genes ...

Optimal packing problems have inspired mathematicians for centuries. Biophysicists now add a layer to the question: How do chloroplasts arrange themselves optimally within cells, when the meaning of ...

As Earth's climate warms and changes, sustainable agricultural practices are critical for feeding a rapidly growing population. Can we genetically engineer crops to adapt to drought and other effects ...

Researchers at Michigan State University found that this plant rewires its photosynthesis and gene expression to thrive under temperatures that cripple most crops. Its cells and enzymes adapt with ...

In California's Death Valley, where summer temperatures regularly soar above 120 degrees Fahrenheit, life seems almost ...

Scientists are studying Death Valley's Tidestromia oblongifolia, a desert plant thriving above 45°C, to develop ...

Tested by the valley’s extreme summertime heat, the flowering shrub Arizona honeysweet (Tidestromia oblongifolia) thrives.

To understand how our habits influence our genes —and more specifically, how what we eat activates genes that promote cell ...

In Alzheimer's, brain cells die too soon. In cancer, dangerous cells don't die soon enough. That's because both diseases alter the way cells decide when to end their lives, a process called programmed ...

Herpafend operates through a multi-layered biological support system that focuses on immune strengthening, viral suppression, ...