Explore the complex patterns inside plant cells and discover the amazing structures that make leaves function. #PlantScience ...

Water scarcity is projected to intensify across many major agricultural regions in the coming decades. According to the World Resources Institute, by 2040 more than one third of global cropland is ...

Explore the hidden world within a sweet potato as we examine its leaf, stem, skin, and flesh under a microscope. From trichomes on the leaf surface to the vibrant pigments and starch grains within the ...

In a groundbreaking study on the synthesis of cellulose -- a major constituent of all plant cell walls -- a team has captured images of the microscopic process of cell-wall building continuously over ...

Two heads are better than one, as the saying goes, and sometimes two instruments, ingeniously recombined, can accomplish feats that neither could have done on its own. The microscope combines ...