Researchers are fine-tuning the application of plasma to agriculture to speed up germination and help plants grow strong. Ever since scientists discovered that plasma treatment…
Breadfruit is sustainable, environmentally friendly and a high-production crop. A fruit used for centuries in countries around the world is getting the nutritional thumbs-up from…
International team of researchers finds the region has become greener as warmer air and soil temperatures lead to increased plant growth. As Arctic summers warm,…
Seeds that float in the air can hitchhike in unusual places — like the air-intake grille of a refrigerated shipping container. A team of researchers…
Almost 100 years ago, there was a strange, slow-motion takeover of the Great Plains. During the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, as a historic heatwave…
USDA Forest Service scientists advance genetic understanding of African baobab tree. The African baobab tree (Adansonia digitata) is called the tree of life. Baobab trees…
By genetically reprogramming the cellular machinery of yeast they created microscopic factories that convert sugars and amino acids into plant-based drugs. Since antiquity, cultures on…
Novel technology for the selection of single photosynthetic cells for industry and ecosystem understanding. You might need a microscope to witness the next agricultural revolution….
On an expedition to the Central Andean Plateau, researchers from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) and colleagues were astounded to find a huge fossil-tree…
As a first-year graduate student studying truffle ecology at Oregon State University, Dan Luoma attended a scientific meeting in 1981 on Orcas Island in Washington….
A unique New Zealand deposit opens insights into how modern climate change may proceed. Scientists studying leaves from a 23-million-year-old forest have for the first…
Efficient greenhouse complexes that will grow crops using the resources available on desert coasts could improve food security for millions. Emerging technologies can be harnessed…
Global economic growth comes with increasing demand for energy, but stepping up energy production can be challenging. Recently, scientists have achieved record efficiency for solar-to-fuel…
Plants are factories that manufacture yield from light and carbon dioxide—but parts of this complex process, called photosynthesis, are hindered by a lack of raw…
Researchers have found that a common plant owes the dazzling blue color of its fruit to fat in its cellular structure, the first time this…
Small trees that grow up in drought conditions could form the basis of more drought-resistant rainforests, new research suggests. Severe and long-lasting droughts are becoming…
While we all try to understand the new reality imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, many look to the past for historical precedents such as the…
Venus flytraps catch spiders and insects by snapping their trap leaves. This mechanism is activated when unsuspecting prey touch highly sensitive trigger hairs twice within…
