Plants are built of tiny cells that are surrounded by stiff cell walls, which are organized into tissue layers. The epidermis, the most external layer, is easy to observe with microscopes and is ...

Plastic production is increasing sharply. This has raised concerns about the effects of microplastics (typically defined as plastic particles smaller than 5 millimetres in diameter) and ...

and plant cells, Mäkinen and her colleagues sought insights from plant epidermal cells, which also endure pressure-induced strain from fluid fluxes to stay upright. In a new study published in Nature, ...

They noticed that receptors such as the epidermal growth factor receptor ... role in the delivery of cargo to vacuoles. Plant cells rely on vacuoles for multiple cellular functions, such as ...

Experiments in fruit fly larvae show that epidermal cells can communicate with sensory neurons to drive responses to pain.

Japan’s Nagoya University researchers have recently identified a completely new plant tissue, something that has eluded observation for 160 years. Interestingly, this novel rabbit-shaped tissue ...