Using cover plants to remove pollutants from arable soil
Nitrate, pesticides, metals and plastic agricultural soils often contain pollutants. But are there sustainable and ...
Plants 'breathe' with millions of tiny mouths—lasers illuminate evolution of stomata behavior
Plant behavior may seem rather boring compared with the frenetic excesses of animals. Yet the lives of our vegetable friends, ...
These genetically engineered houseplants are 30 times better at clearing toxins
French biotech startup Neoplants is genetically engineering soil bacteria and houseplants to metabolize pollutants.
Plants breathe with millions of tiny mouths. We used lasers to understand how this skill evolved
Plants shape Earth’s atmosphere by moving carbon and water vapour. New research sheds light on how they learned to do it – ...
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Molecular and Physiological Mechanisms Underlying Plant Resilience to Extreme Soil Salinity and Drought Synergy
Climate change is intensifying environmental challenges, with increasing soil salinization and prolonged drought periods ...
Conscious ‘Alien Minds’ Could Be Living Among Us—And We Don’t Even Know It, Scientist Says
Unorthodox biologist Michael Levin says cognition lies on a spectrum and that what humans perceive as consciousness could ...
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Scientists Witness Plant Cells Generate Cellulose and Form Cell Walls for First Time
Advanced techniques are allowing scientists to witness the process where plant cells generate cellulose fibers.