Plant cells have several structures not found in other eukaryotes. In particular, organelles called chloroplasts allow plants to capture the energy of the Sun in energy-rich molecules; cell walls ...

A recent study by Chinese scientists has revealed the intricate molecular machinery driving energy exchange within ...

9. Little difference could be observed between the chloroplasts of distantly related seed plants which are placed quite far apart in the systematic scheme. 10. In many leaves a constant ...

New research finds that cacao trees evolved over 7.5 million years ago. DNA studies may help improve future chocolate crops.

Plants have been using solar energy for millions of years, but advances in machine learning and protein engineering could ...

Like animal cells, basic plant cells have a nucleus, a cell membrane and cytoplasm. They've also got a vacuole, chloroplasts and a cell wall, which are only found in plant cells and they can be a ...

Raphael spent almost 15 years investigating chloroplasts before joining Nature Plants in 2022. After undergraduate studies at ETH Zurich (Switzerland), he obtained a PhD from the University of ...

In photosynthesis, chloroplast membranes provide the energy for carbon dioxide fixation, and we planned to exploit this ability, ” explained Erb. The team utilized the photosynthesis apparatus of the ...