Using cover plants to remove pollutants from arable soil
Nitrate, pesticides, metals and plastic agricultural soils often contain pollutants. But are there sustainable and ...
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.
How light stabilizes a stress-response protein to help plants survive harsh environments
Researchers at National Taiwan University discovered how light stabilizes a key stress-response protein, offering insights ...
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 ...
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Scientists witness living plant cells generate cellulose and form cell walls
In a groundbreaking study on the synthesis of cellulose -- a major constituent of all plant cell walls -- a team has captured images of the microscopic process of cell-wall building continuously over ...
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
Chundawat is a bioengineer and expert on protein engineering and glycosciences, the study of complex carbohydrates such as cellulose. To make the cells fluorescent and detectable by the microscope, he ...