A study published in the journal Nature Plants has unveiled new perspectives on the evolution of flowering plants.
Chemical biology is beginning to enhance our understanding of diverse cellular processes in plants, including endomembrane trafficking, hormone transport and cell wall biosynthesis. To reach its ...
Understanding how roots grow can help us develop plants that—for example—are more resistant to drought. Research by Prof.
Microorganisms—bacteria, viruses and other tiny life forms—may drive biological variation in visible life as much, if not ...
The University of Florida is helping NASA build a permanent moon colony. In 2025, as NASA plans to fly astronauts around the ...
Plants like birch trees show resilience to climate change by maintaining enzyme buffers. This mechanism helps them survive rising CO2.
Scientists discovered a stretch of DNA in both C3 plants, like wheat and soybeans, and C4 plants, like corn and sorghum, that is responsible for optimizing C4 plant photosynthesis and making them ...
Researchers have developed a new bio-inspired approach to building complex 3D microfluidic networks by utilizing plant roots and fungal hyphae as molds. The team grew plants and fungi in nanoparticles ...
Understanding how roots grow can help us develop plants that, for example, are more resistant to drought. Research by Prof. Bert De Rybel’s team (VIB-UGent), in collaboration with the VIB Screening ...
Today's UGA botanical mascot has nearly identical genomes as the first hedges planted in Sanford Stadium in 1929.
On Nov. 14, The Biology Colloquium, hosted by the University of Wisconsin Botany and Integrative Biology Departments, is a ...