Researchers at MIT are developing innovative agricultural technologies such as stress-signaling plants, microbial fertilizers, and protective seed coatings to adapt farming to climate change and ...

Using a computer model that reveals how plants grow thicker over time, biologists have uncovered how cells are activated to produce wood tissue. Understanding the genetic and molecular signals behind ...

Can we protect the 5,000-year legacy of medicinal plants and their multi-billion-dollar market value from climate change?

Plastic debris can break down into smaller particles due to different environmental factors, and become micro-nanoplastics ...

Most research on plant stem cells focuses on the tips of roots and shoots, where growth occurs in height. But biologist ...

Brandon Platt used to sketch landscape designs during his high school biology class. He also liked to play Minecraft, a ...

Two small molecules that are produced by the plant Arabidopsis thaliana are shown to have the opposite effect on how fast its leaves age. The molecules are peptides, short chains of amino acids. While ...

Plant-based diets have soared in popularity as people look for ways to improve their health, reduce their carbon footprint, and consume less (or no) animal products. But while following plant ...

By Mack DeGeurin Posted on Oct 25, 2024 2:45 PM EDT Have you ever joyously stepped out to your backyard garden, freshly brewed coffee in hand, only to find your meticulously cared-for plants and ...

Outside, old bathtubs overflow with carnivorous plants, sinks serve as makeshift bogs, and cacti grow in toilet tanks. This is the U.S. Geological Survey’s Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab, ...

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and the International Barley Hub (IBH), which were created in partnership with the University of Dundee Plants Sciences Division. Both innovation centres were funded as part of a £62m investment ...