Maize serves as a vital model species for advancing our understanding of plant biology, yet many mysteries remain about the ...

Banding patterns of cellulose increase the stability of plant cell walls, much like the corrugated patterns in cardboard. Penn State biologists developed a method to isolate plant cells and observe ...

For the first time, a group of researchers have successfully extracted ancient DNA from a 2,900-year-old clay brick. The analysis provides a fascinating insight into the diversity of plant species ...

New England Biolabs has released the Monarch® Mag Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) Extraction Kit, a bead-based method designed for scalable and reproducible isolation of low abundance cfDNA from plasma, serum, ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American You may not give your houseplants enough ...