Yale Study Suggests That Evolution Can Be Predicted
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…
Plants News
Why Do Plants Grow Towards Light?
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…
A New Source of Renewable Energy: Breaking Down Plant Matter
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…
Scientists Have Created Genetically Modified Drought-Resistant Plants
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…
Understanding Plants Is Key to Finding a Cure for Cancer
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…
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…
How Plants Activate Their Immune System Against Dangerous Pathogens in Rain
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…
Revealed: Plants Molecular ‘Alarm’ System That Protects Them From Predators
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…
Precision Injection System Developed for Plants – Delivers Micronutrients, Hormones, or Genes
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,…
NASA’s “Space Botanist” Sees Plants “Waking Up” From Space
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…
Study Shows Plant Protein and Nuts Lower Cholesterol, Improve Blood Pressure
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…
Plant Protein Curbs the Reproduction of Colon Cancer Tumor Cells
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…
Scientists Demonstrate How Auxin Reaches Its Destination
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…
Biologists Give New Life to Museum Plant Collections
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…
Researchers Date the Origins of Photosynthesis to 1.25 Billion Years Ago
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,…
Genetic Variability Supports Plant Survival During Droughts
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…
MIT Engineers Create Plants That Glow
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….
New Sensors Reveal When a Plant Begins to Experience Drought Conditions
Researchers have developed sensors that can be printed onto plant leaves and reveal when the plants are experiencing drought conditions. Forgot to water that plant…
