Case Solved: The Biosynthesis of Strychnine
Researchers from Jena show how the poison nut tree forms strychnine. A team of scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena…
Plant Science News
Discovery With “Profound Implications” – Secret Carbon Decisions Plants Are Making About Our Future
New research has revealed that plants make their own ‘secret’ decisions about how much carbon to release back into the atmosphere via a previously unknown…
Keeping Food on the Table in a Warming World: Bolstering Plant Immunity Against the Heat
Climate change is making plants more susceptible to disease. New research could help them fight back. When heat waves strike, they don’t just take a…
Two Genes Crucial for Plants Colonizing the Earth 470 Million Ago Have Been Identified
Researchers shed new light on how plant life became established on the surface of the Earth Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have shed new…
Artificial Photosynthesis Can Produce Food in Complete Darkness
Artificial photosynthesis is being developed by researchers to help make food production more energy-efficient on Earth, and maybe one day on Mars. For millions of…
MIT Pioneers Technology To Grow Customizable Wood Products in the Lab With Little Waste
Scientists demonstrate that they can control the properties of lab-grown plant material, which could enable the production of wood products with little waste. Because of…
Scientists Discover Largest Plant on Earth – Estimated To Be at Least 4,500 Years Old
Australian scientists believe they have discovered the world’s biggest plant – and they estimate it’s at least 4,500 years old. The ancient and incredibly resilient…
Trees Might Not Be As Effective at Combating Climate Change As We Thought
Questions remain about what variables limit tree growth New research from an international team of researchers reveals that tree growth seems to be restricted by…
Scientists Blown Away by World’s Largest Plant – Stretching 112 Miles in Western Australia’s Shark Bay
Scientists were investigating meadows of ribbon weed seagrass using DNA analysis. The shocking results blew them away; the 18,000 DNA markers they analyzed in Shark…
For the First Time Ever, Scientists Grow Plants in Lunar Soil
NASA-funded study breaks new ground in plant research. In the early days of the space age, the Apollo astronauts took part in a visionary plan:…
Scientists Grow Plants in Moon Soil – A First in Human History
Scientists have grown plants in soil from the Moon, a first in human history and a watershed moment in lunar and space exploration. In a…
Higher Quality Wheat: Increased Yields and Up to 25% More Protein Content
An international team of scientists has discovered a way to produce higher quality wheat. The researchers from the University of Adelaide and the UK’s John…
Structure of “Gliding Bird” Plant Defense Protein Could Lead to Better Crops
Biologist Xinnian Dong says her “best Christmas gift ever” arrived in the form of a phone call. The call was from her longtime friend and…
Extremophytes: “Extreme” Plants Grow Faster in the Face of Stress
When plants are faced with conditions that are too dry, salty, or cold, most of them try to conserve resources. They send out fewer leaves…
Vast Amounts of Sugars Discovered Underneath Seagrass Meadows in the Ocean
Sweet Spots in the Sea: Mountains of Sugar Under Seagrass Meadows Seagrass beds are underwater oases. Now scientists have discovered vast amounts of sugars underneath…
Unlocking the Mystery of Why a Plant Virus Is So Powerful at Fighting Cancer – Even Metastatic Cancer
Cowpea mosaic virus, a plant virus that infects legumes, has a special power that you may not be aware of: when injected into a tumor,…
5 Best Air-Purifying Plants for Your Home
Are you worried about breathing in the harmful particles from your home? Homes are a source of air pollution too. There are plenty of things…
Plant Protein Kills Bacterial Cells – New Model for Antibacterial Mechanism Could Result in New Antibiotics
Discovery of an aberrant protein that kills bacterial cells could help unravel the mechanism of certain antibiotics and point the way to new drugs. An…
