The work, published in the journal Plant Physiology, describes a new system called “Stomata In-Sight.” The technology ...

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a suite of algorithms to automate the counting of sister ...

In a redeeming development for one of nature’s most universally denounced pests, researchers from McGill and Drexel ...

This breakthrough could guide the breeding of smarter crops, plants that know when to open or close their pores, using water ...

One of the most well-studied cellular responses is how they react during times of stress, such as when the temperature gets ...

A new leaf imaging system lets scientists watch plant stomata control water loss and carbon uptake in real time.

For centuries, scientists have known that plants "breathe" through microscopic pores on their leaves called stomata. These ...

Biologists are confronting a problem they thought they had mostly solved: what, exactly, counts as life. A wave of ...

Diabetes doesn’t just coexist with heart disease - it actively reshapes the heart’s machinery and the way it makes energy.

When a maize plant is attacked by the fungus Ustilago maydis, tumor-like tissue growths occur at the site of infection. How the pathogen causes this response in its host has long been unknown. But a ...