Long before modern pharmaceuticals, our ancestors turned to plants to find cures for ailments from infections to parasites to fevers. A new study by Harvard researchers reveals the deep roots of that ...

Find out what thrives in the planet's largest, most widespread ecosystem. Olivia Young is a writer, fact checker, and green living expert passionate about tiny living, climate advocacy, and all things ...

Mutations drive evolution, but they can also be risky. New research led by plant biologists at the University of California, ...

Academic researchers and companies in the agricultural biotechnology sector will be able to use a patent-pending Purdue University biology innovation to introduce valuable traits to plants without ...

PCR method that precisely detects gene expression in specific cell types of tea plant (Camellia sinensis) roots.

Carnivorous plants of the genus Pinguicula (butterworts) from Mexico apparently use the same water-saving photosynthesis type ...

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A recent study has established a method to print viable plant cells using a 3D printer. Researchers at North Carolina State University (NC, USA) have developed a method to 3D print various types of ...