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 ...

Purdue University scientists have discovered a key mechanism that regulates how plants develop chloroplasts, essential ...

Scientists agree this process occurred twice, leading to the development of mitochondria—organelles that produce energy—and ...

Chloroplasts, fed by sun, water, carbon dioxide, and nutrients, do the leaf’s work. They evolved about 1.6 billion years ago when one cell, incapable of using the sun’s energy, engulfed ...

A research team constructed a detailed evolutionary timeline of bacteria, revealing that some microbes used oxygen long ...

The macromolecular organization of photosynthetic complexes within the thylakoids of higher plant chloroplasts has been a topic of significant debate. Using in situ cryo-electron tomography, this ...