As climate change poses risks to plant growth and food supply, researchers have identified how iron deficient plants optimize photosynthesis and regulate light protection. Researchers have identified ...
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford Photosynthesis is the starting point for almost every food chain, sustaining most life on Earth. You would ...
Enhancing just three genes helps plants harvest more light, raising new hopes for developing crops that can keep up with food demands from a crowded planet. Genetically engineered tobacco plants, ...
Scientists from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and Caltech have finally solved a decades-old mystery about how ...
Light supplies the energy plants need to build up biomass. A research team from Bergen, Bochum, Düsseldorf, Münster and Potsdam headed by Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) is researching how ...
The Science Behind Plants as Natural Air Purifiers The foundation for understanding how plants purify air stems from ...
Photosynthesis is a brilliant invention of nature, but that’s not stopping scientists from trying to make it even better. New research published today in Nature describes how a team at the University ...
However, with the threat of freezing temperatures on the horizon, it is time to take them inside for the winter. Bringing ...
Water lilies growing in a pool in Mexico. Photo: Brook Peterson/Stocktrek Images (AP) What if we could mimic how plants, algae, and bacteria harvest sunlight to create better solar panels? New ...
Researchers have identified how iron deficient plants protect themselves from damaging light, according to a Dartmouth study. The study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, ...