Scientists at Umeå University have found a way to break open the protective walls of pollen grains – one of the hardest biomaterials in the world – without damaging the inside cell and its ...

Spring has sprung after extended rains in the Bay Area. If you’re sneezing and wheezing, you’re in the company of a quarter ...

That a pollen grain can survive for such a long time span is thanks to an in-house energy production—the mitochondria. "It's a tiny compartment of the cell that is essential for its survival ...