A new study reveals that land plants changed Earth’s composition. According to research from the University of Southampton, the Earth’s continents’ composition suddenly shifted as a…
Evolution might be less random than we thought. Evolution has long been thought of as a relatively random process, with species’ features being formed by…
An international team is now one step closer to explaining a central observation. Charles Darwin has had a greater influence on science than most. Though…
These chemical tools can access plant-based renewable energy, which might reduce our reliance on fossil fuels. There has never been a more pressing need for…
Researchers from Heidelberg University uncover a crucial protein in a mechanism that regulates the life of proteins Proteins serve a variety of purposes in plants…
If scientists can fully understand plant growth, they might be able to find a cancer cure In order to increase agricultural yields, it is important…
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…
While rain is essential for the survival of plants, it also contains bacteria and other pathogens which can cause them harm. So how do plants…
Scientists uncover how oral secretions of the cotton leaf worm trigger defense responses in a plant. In nature, every species must be equipped with a…
Microneedles made of silk-based material can target plant tissues for delivery of micronutrients, hormones, or genes. While the human world is reeling from one pandemic,…
Like many people, plants are less active at night. The agency’s ‘space botanist’ can see when they begin to stir, and start their day. Although…
A new meta-analysis published in the journal Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases finds that a diet that includes plant protein, fiber, nuts, and plant sterols lowers…
Plants have provided a new avenue in curbing tumor growth. On this occasion, it doesn’t involve miracle species or the like, but rather the results…
A team of researchers from the University of Freiburg have discovered how the plant hormone auxin is transported within the cell and how this signaling…
Using a hitchhiking weed, scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology in Tübingen reveal for the first time the mutation rate of a…
The world’s oldest algae fossils are a billion years old, according to a new analysis by earth scientists at McGill University. Based on this finding,…
In the first study to predict whether different populations of the same plant species can adapt to climate change, scientists from the Max Planck Institute…
Imagine that instead of switching on a lamp when it gets dark, you could read by the light of a glowing plant on your desk….
