Paavo Penttilä, a new Associate Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, aims to produce new insights into the ...

Scientists have uncovered a critical role for rapid DNA repair in maintaining genome stability. A new study reveals that ...

Plants mastered the art of harvesting sunlight billions of years ago, using elegant rings of pigments in their leaves. Now, ...

Plants absorb airborne microplastics, as revealed by a Nankai University study in Nature, raising health and environmental concerns.

But for the beetles and flies that pollinate the plant, the noxious perfume of rotting meat is an irresistible draw. Now, a sweeping study of smelly plants has revealed how skunk cabbage and ...

If you’re excited to get growing, May brings plant sales, garden talks, foraging walks and more to the Lancaster County region. There are more than 100 classes to learn how to do things like ...

In a world where social media is filled with all sorts of filters and strange images blurring reality, there’s something particularly fascinating about real-life plants that naturally resemble ...

The faster pace and higher temperatures are changing habitat ranges for plants and animals. In some regions, the pace of change is also throwing off the delicate timing of pollination, putting ...

Some plants stink of rotting meat or dung, which helps them attract flies for pollination. How plants make the carrion stench, which is usually produced by bacteria feasting on decaying corpses ...

Plants play a huge role in shaping Earth’s climate. Through photosynthesis, they pull carbon dioxide (CO₂) out of the air. This massive exchange—called gross primary production (GPP)—is ...

Experiments suggest that it might become possible to nourish plants without photosynthesis—a tool that could one day help feed astronauts and a crowded planet. Canola seedlings can take up ...