Biochemical Systems That Modulate the Levels of Plant Hormones
An international team of scientists has begun to put a molecular face on the biochemical systems that modulate the levels of plant hormones to defend…
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Insight on the Evolution of Cocaine Biosynthesis
With little known about how plants produce cocaine, biochemists at the Max Planck institute set out to better understand the process, finding that an enzyme…
Leaf Vein Architecture Allows Predictions of Past Climate
A newly published report describes the mathematical linkages between leaf vein systems and leaf size from around the globe, improving scientists’ ability to predict and…
Increased Number of Plant Species Responding to Global Warming
A new study from a team of biologists suggests that many wild plant species are feeling the effects of global warming, even the species that…
“Map of Life” to Illustrate All Living Things Geographically
Now open to the public, a demonstration version of the “Map of Life” is set to illustrate how all living things on the planet are…
Amorfrutins in Liquorice Root Have Important Anti-Diabetic Effects
It not only serves as a tasty raw material for candy, it has medicinal purposes as well. Scientists have found that the liquorice root contains…
DNA Jumps Directly From the Cell’s Chloroplasts Into Its Nucleus
By subjecting cells to high selection pressure in a laboratory setting, researchers at Max Planck Institute were able to fast-forward gene transfer from the chloroplasts…
Genetic Clues to Van Gogh’s Teddy Bear Sunflower Florets Uncovered
The famous Dutch impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh was obsessed with sunflowers, until he died in 1890. His iconic paintings of sunflowers fetch millions of…
Complete Structure of the “Salvia Receptor” Revealed
A team of researchers have determined the structure of the kappa-opioid receptor, KOR, and give details about how salvinorin A and other drugs interact with…
Noise Affects More Than Just Your Ears
It has long been known that noise affects animal behavior, just look at our personal reactions and behaviors when stuck in a noisy city. But…
Researchers Clarify Recycling Mechanism for Hydroxyl Radicals
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute have now clarified exactly how hydroxyl radicals, which oxidize volatile organic compounds such as methane and isoprene, are recycled…
Pleistocene-Era Plant Revived from Siberian Permafrost
A team of scientists claims that they’ve revived a plant from the Pleistocene era, which lived 32,000 to 28,000 years ago. Silene stenophylla was revived…
Researcher Studies Root Growth to Develop Hardier, Weather-resistant Crops
Researcher Edgar Spalding from the University of Wisconsin-Madison is trying to figure out how to grow crops optimally suited to survive and thrive in all…
Researchers Discover Chloroplast Genomes Transfer from Plant to Plant
While studying DNA from plants’ green chloroplasts, researchers at Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology in Potsdamare discovered that a transfer of chloroplasts genomes…
Boxwood Fungus Blight Invades North America After Taking Europe and New Zealand by Storm
A boxwood blight, caused by an aggressive fungus disease, has started to invade the North American continent, after it had spread throughout Europe and New…
Mesodinium Chamaeleon Is A Unique Life Form That is Half Plant Half Animal
In nature, you’ll find animals that undergo vast transformations, becoming almost unrecognizable in their new forms. Examples like caterpillars becoming butterflies and tadpoles becoming frogs…
