The inside workings of plants are the unexplored frontier of botany ... and how does it physically change the roots, stem, and flowers? Japanese researchers have devised a way to find out ...

The cells on the inside layer of this very early embryo ... marrow stem cells only form different types of blood cells. Plants have stem cells too. They're found at the meristems, the growing ...

It's a remarkable feat: never before has any plant and animal system been mapped this way in 3D. The scientists discovered that cells in inner tissue grow much faster than the epidermis, therefore ...

Summer is the best time for eating fresh, just-out-of-the-garden vegetables. Green beans, peas, corn, okra, squash, I could go on and ...

The xylem transports water and minerals from the roots up the plant stem and into the leaves. In a mature flowering plant or tree, most of the cells that make up the xylem are specialised cells ...