Chloroplasts from the Arabidopsis thaliana plant with distinc levels of misfolded protein clumps. The chloroplasts are seen in red color and the protein aggregates in green.

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More than 100 years ago, botanists first observed an interesting phenomenon under the microscope: when you shine light on a leaf, the chloroplasts inside the cells start moving around.

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The plant researchers then used an imaging tool called an electron microscope. Peering into the leaves' cellular structures, the scientists found that the plants had some peculiar chloroplasts.