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Nov. 20, 2020 — A plant used in traditional Chinese medicine has evolved to become less visible to humans, new research ...
July 11, 2022 — People are becoming 'disconnected from the botanical world' at a time when plants could help solve global environmental problems, warn a group of research scientists. They say the problem ...
Sep. 23, 2021 — Plants adapt to their nutritional needs by modifying the permeability of their roots through the production or degradation of a cork-like layer called suberin. By studying the regulation of this ...
Oct. 18, 2021 — While the onion, garlic, scallion, shallot and chives have been on our plates for centuries, becoming staple foods around the world, their group, the genus Allium, seems to be a long way from running ...
Aug. 9, 2021 — The delicate stalk and pretty white flowers of Triantha occidentalis may seem like the perfect place to perch if you're an insect, but get trapped in its sticky hairs and it will suck the ...
Apr. 6, 2021 — By 2050, global warming could reduce crop yields by one-third. To modify plants' response to heat, scientists must first understand how plants sense temperature. Researchers have discovered a ...
Oct. 19, 2022 — The Laramie chickensage is unusual among the hundreds of species of sagebrush, most of which are primarily pollinated by the ...
Mar. 11, 2021 — Scientists have found a previously unknown fossil fly species in old lake sediments of the Messel Pit, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Germany. In the stomach of the fossil insect, pollen from ...
Feb. 16, 2021 — Optogenetics can be used to activate and study cells in a targeted manner using light. Scientists have now succeeded in transferring this technique to ...
Apr. 21, 2023 — Scientists have discovered the oldest evidence of plant self-defense in wood in a 360-million-year-old fossil from south-eastern Ireland. Plants can protect their wood from infection and water loss ...
