Climate change could cause abrupt shifts in the amount of vegetation growing in parts of Great Britain, new research shows. The University of Exeter studied…
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Researchers have developed a deep-learning model that maps fuel moisture levels in fine detail across 12 western states, opening a door for better fire predictions.…
Research team from the University of Göttingen investigates the influence of storage on the flavor of ripe tomatoes. There is a lot of debate about…
Dr. Matt Davey sampling snow algae at Lagoon Island, Antarctica. Credit: Sarah Vincent Scientists have created the first-ever large-scale map of microscopic algae as they…
Plants can produce energy-rich biomass with the help of light, water and carbon dioxide. This is why they are at the beginning of the food…
MIT chemical engineers have designed a sensor that can be embedded into plant leaves and measure hydrogen peroxide levels, which indicate that damage has occurred.…
Avocado at Cranfield University’s Plant Science Laboratory. Credit: Cranfield University Lasers and vibrations reliably assess individual fruits’ ripeness Test could reduce waste by 10% and…
Arabidopsis growing in the Coruzzi Lab at NYU’s Center for Genomics and Systems Biology. Credit: New York University Findings have implications for increasing plant nitrogen…
A cellular pathway in plants to sense danger signals and elicit a response. Credit: Tokyo University of Science Scientists uncover how oral secretions of the…
From left, Graduate Student Gustaf E. Degen, Research Technician Dawn Worrall, and Senior Lecturer Elizabete Carmo-Silva from Lancaster University discovered that swapping just one amino…
Sediment cores collected from the offshore fan deposited by the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers shows that a shift towards warmer and wetter climate over the…
Leaf beetle Ophraella communa. Credit: Professor Heinz Müller-Schärer CABI has led a team of scientists on new research which reveals that a humble bug can…
Since 1982, more than 200,000 trees are measured every five years on Barro Colorado Island in Panama. Credit: Christian Ziegler A group of trees that…
Biologist Kenneth M. Olsen tends rice in the Jeanette Goldfarb Plant Growth Facility at Washington University in St. Louis. Credit: Joe Angeles/Washington University A new…
Tropical forest ecosystems are an important part of the global carbon cycle as they take up and store large amounts of CO2. It is however…
Study reveals a mechanism that plants can use to dissipate excess sunlight as heat. For plants, sunlight can be a double-edged sword. They need it…
Astronaut Steve Swanson harvests some of the crop in June 2014. Credit: NASA Nutritious and safe crops would be a dietary supplement to assist long-distance…
Durian fruit is known as the “king of fruits” in some regions. The durian is distinctive for its large size, strong odor, and thorn-covered rind.…
A new study shows the swelling of tiny pectin filaments within cell walls propels these shape and growth of plant cells. The shape and growth…
A new study finds that pollination is better in cities than in the countryside. Plants Benefit From More Bees, Especially Bumble Bees Flowering plants are…