When trees and soil fungi form close associations with each other, both partners benefit. Many tree species have further ...

Not all plants can be stored in a seed bank. Cryopreservation offers an alternative, but critics question whether this form of conservation will work.

Scientists may have just cracked the code on one of nature's coolest tricks: photosynthesis. If their breakthrough scales, it ...

Trees may forgo photosynthesis if they can’t absorb enough water overnight, revealing how drought reshapes their daily ...

They work in labs exploring algae in acid mine drainage, barcoding medicinal plants in Pakistan, or unlocking the secrets of cell walls. They help set up community gardens and preserve old growth ...

NASA research shows oxygen loss, not asteroids, will end life on Earth. Discover when and how this will happen in the distant ...

A team has discovered how certain bacteria breathe by generating electricity, using a natural process that pushes electrons into their surroundings instead of breathing on oxygen. The findings could ...

A team led by Rice University bioscientist Caroline Ajo-Franklin has discovered how certain bacteria breathe by generating ...

Plant cell biology is the study of all aspects of plant cells. It is particularly concerned with structure, growth, division, signalling, differentiation and death of plant cells. This study ...

Key Laboratory of Forest Plant Ecology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Resource Utilization, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, P. R. China ...

A team of scientists from BGI-Research, Southern University of Science and Technology and other institutions has unveiled the most detailed single-cell map of a plant ever created, providing new ...