TIANJIN, April 10 (Xinhua) -- A joint study led by Chinese scientists has demonstrated that plant leaves can absorb and accumulate airborne microplastics, revealing a direct pathway for these ...

Stomata are pores on the leaf surface that control gas exchange between leaves and the atmosphere. Stomata differ in shape, size, and number among and ...

In order to take in carbon dioxide to perform photosynthesis, a plant loses water vapour to the atmosphere as the stomata ...

Scientists have released new and more accurate genome sequences for five species of duckweed. Their research reveals the specific genes responsible for some of the plant's most useful traits, allowing ...

Under the right conditions, duckweed essentially farms itself. Wastewater, ponds, puddles, swamps—you name it. If there's ...

Throughout evolution, plants have continuously adapted to survive in changing environments. Apart from complex structural ...

Enhancing boiling heat transfer performance through innovative surface modifications is a cornerstone of the progression of thermal and nuclear power generation, refrigeration, heat pump, and thermal ...

A multidisciplinary team led by researchers at the Yale School of the Environment developed a new laser-based method for observing how plants adjust the pressure within their cells in response to the ...

Leaves have tiny holes in their surfaces—called stomata, or “little mouths”—that open and close to let tree leaves draw in carbon dioxide and release oxygen for photosynthesis.

It just requires a little more effort to appreciate. One such behaviour is the dynamic opening and closing of millions of tiny mouths (called stomata) located on each leaf, through which plants ...

Plants shape Earth’s atmosphere by moving carbon and water vapour. New research sheds light on how they learned to do it – and how it may change in future climates.