How do plants determine where the light is coming from ?
Plants have no visual organs, so how do they know where light comes from? In an original study combining expertise ...
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Mortality burden of air pollution from coal-burning power plants has been underestimated
Between 1999 and 2020, more than 460,000 deaths in the United States were attributable to exposure to air pollution emissions ...
New research suggests plants might be able to absorb more CO2 from human activities than previously expected
New research published today in leading international journal Science Advances paints an uncharacteristically upbeat picture for the planet. This is because more realistic ...
Plants that survived dinosaur extinction pulled nitrogen from air
DURHAM, N.C. -- Once a favored food of grazing dinosaurs, an ancient lineage of plants called cycads helped sustain these ...
Long-term heat tolerance in plants
Two papers describe the genetic basis of long-term heat tolerance in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana, with implications for crop ...
Wealthy countries’ research skews our knowledge of plants
More extreme weather and large variations in temperature and precipitation: Climate change affects not only humans and animals but also ...
For the benefit of our plants, it makes a difference what kind of salt we use on the roads in winter
Increased salinity in soils is a global problem caused for example by ions leaching into soils from ice-melting salts used ...
Plants’ ingenious defence against mutational damage
Humans wouldn’t last long without plant mitochondria and chloroplasts. These essential compartments of plant cells famously capture sunlight and power ...
Protein root discovery seals future of climate proof plants
Researchers have discovered a protein that seals plant roots to regulate the uptake of nutrients and water from the soil, ...
Plants transformed into detectors of dangerous chemicals
What if your house plant could tell you your water isn’t safe? Scientists are closer to realizing this vision, having ...
Yeast speeds discovery of medicinal compounds in plants
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Cornell researchers have harnessed the power of baker’s yeast to create a cost-effective and highly efficient approach for ...
Study reveals our European ancestors ate seaweed and freshwater plants
For many people seaweed holds a reputation as a superfood, heralded for its health benefits and sustainability, but it appears ...
How to help save plants from extinction
Now is the time to identify the conditions that cause plants to die. Doing so will allow us to better ...
Coffee and cocoa plants at risk from pollinator loss
Tropical crops such as coffee, cocoa, watermelon and mango may be at risk due to the loss of insect pollinators, ...
Mummified poop reveals pre-Columbian cultures of the Caribbean consumed a diversity of plants, with peanuts, papaya, maize, and even cotton and tobacco detected
DNA analysis of mummified poop reveals two pre-Columbian Caribbean cultures ate a wide variety of plants, like maize, sweet potato, ...
Researchers find pre-Columbian agave plants persisting in Arizona landscapes
A new paper in the Annals of Botany, published by Oxford University Press, reveals that researchers have found unaltered agave plant ...
MSU research shows plants could worsen air pollution on a warming planet
MSU has a satellite uplink/LTN TV studio and Comrex line for radio interviews upon request. Images Highlights: New Michigan State ...
$1.1 million grant to fund research on molecular response of plants to environmental stress
The National Science Foundation has awarded a $1.1 million grant to Purdue University’s Gyeong Mee Yoon to research how plants acclimate to environmental stress. ...
New pipeline makes valuable organic acid from plants — saving money and emissions
In a breakthrough for environmentally friendly chemical production, researchers at the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI) have ...
Genetically engineering associations between plants and nitrogen-fixing microbes could lessen dependence on synthetic fertilizer
Nitrogen is an essential nutrient for plant growth, but the overuse of synthetic nitrogen fertilizers in agriculture is not sustainable. ...
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Scientists discover rare 6-planet system that moves in strange synchrony
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AI image generator Stable Diffusion perpetuates racial and gendered stereotypes, study finds
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Ohio State receives $14 million to study optimal aspirin therapy in pregnancy
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The dangers of being a saber-toothed cat in Los Angeles 12,000 years ago
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Rise of microplastics discovered in placentas of Hawaiʻi mothers
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Catalysts of change: Young scientists spearhead breakthrough COVID-19 research in international collaboration