They are used in cleaning our drinking water, treating sewage, processing foods and keeping pharmaceuticals safe—membranes ...

Plants droop and shed their leaves when parched, but with a splash of water, their stems regain strength and their leaves ...

As a result, scientists have had to use laborious methods, often using large quantities of plant material ... using a microbial cell factory, to overcome the abundancy challenge.

Iowa State University scientists recently made a significant breakthrough in scientists’ ability to identify specific ...

Animal and plant cells differ and they have similarities ... Nucleus - this contains the genetic material (DNA) of the organism and controls the cell’s activities. Cytoplasm - the liquid ...

2. Describe the components of plant cells and their functions. Most animal cells possess a nucleus, cell membrane, cytoplasm and mitochondria. The nucleus contains the genetic material (DNA ...

Scientists have created a new atlas of plant cells during immune response, in turn discovering a new rare cell state, called Primary IMmunE Responder (PRIMER), that acts as an immune response hub ...

Researchers have developed so-called microbial cell factories -- using E ... often using large quantities of plant material, just to obtain enough material to identify them.