The silent conversations of plants
Sep 16, 2024, 3:20 pm By NULLThis morning, my six-year-old came into our bedroom and started reading a story from a book. She…Scientists discover nonstomatal control of water loss in critical crops
Sep 16, 2024, 3:00 pm By NULLScientists have discovered that certain plants can survive stressful, dry conditions by controlling…America's dairy farms are disappearing, down 95% since the 1970s—milk price rules are one reason why
Sep 16, 2024, 2:27 pm By NULLMilton Orr looked across the rolling hills in northeast Tennessee. "I remember when we had over…Researchers find golden eagles improve their flight skills with age
Sep 16, 2024, 2:26 pm By NULLResearchers at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in Germany, in collaboration with the…Optogenetic control reveals collective cell behavior
Sep 16, 2024, 2:25 pm By NULLNew research led by the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) has studied the migratory…Plants get a GMO glow-up: Genetically modified varieties coming out of the lab and into homes and gardens
Sep 16, 2024, 1:20 pm By NULLAs any avid gardener will tell you, plants with sharp thorns and prickles can leave you looking like…Sunflowers make small moves to maximize sun exposure—physicists can model them to predict how they grow
Sep 16, 2024, 1:10 pm By NULLMost of us aren't spending our days watching our houseplants grow. We see their signs of life only…How gaps in the canopy of a European floodplain forest influence microclimate and soil biological activity
Sep 16, 2024, 1:08 pm By NULLCanopy gaps in a mixed floodplain forest have a direct effect on forest soil temperature and…Antibacterial discovery: How scavengers avoid infection and what we can learn from them
Sep 16, 2024, 1:00 pm By NULLAntibacterial discovery has become a pressing global challenge. Rising antibiotic resistance and…Monitoring the health of lakes through the microbes that live in them
Sep 16, 2024, 12:51 pm By NULLA lake is much more than a body of water where we bask on sunny summer days. It's also more than…Size matters: Why fish size diversity is vital for healthy oceans
Sep 16, 2024, 12:05 pm By NULLA hundred years ago, fish lived longer and grew bigger—they continued to breed, engineered…New 'grumpy' fish species discovered in the Red Sea
Sep 16, 2024, 11:23 am By NULLA team of researchers at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology and the University…Researchers use training model to map planted and natural forests via satellite image
Sep 16, 2024, 11:16 am By NULLWhile planting trees may seem like an easy win to combat climate change, planted forests often…Researchers find evidence that bumblebees make the same memory errors as humans
Sep 16, 2024, 10:09 am By NULLPsychologists at the University of Stirling have carried out research that shows wild bumblebees…Paleontologists find omnivorous ancestor of the giant panda, revealing it was not always just a bamboo eater
Sep 16, 2024, 10:07 am By NULLThe Hammerschmiede fossil site in southern Germany has yielded finds from about 11.5 million years…Are white patches on whale shark skin cause for concern?
Sep 16, 2024, 9:36 am By NULLMarine scientists have been taking samples from whale shark skin to try and determine the effect of…Virtual laboratory allows scientists to simulate specific decreases in gene activity
Sep 16, 2024, 9:35 am By NULLImagine you're looking at millions upon millions of mysterious genetic mutations. With CRISPR…Urgent conservation efforts needed: Possible extirpation of the threatened Malagasy poison frog Mantella cowanii
Sep 16, 2024, 9:35 am By NULLNew research highlights the precarious status of one of Madagascar's most threatened amphibians, the…Exceptional new fish fossil sparks a rethink of how Earth's geology drives evolution
Sep 15, 2024, 10:50 am By NULLCoelacanths are deep-sea fish that live off the coasts of southern Africa and Indonesia and can…Genomics reveals sled dogs' Siberian lineage
Sep 15, 2024, 4:42 am By NULLNew research co-led by Cornell University examines thousands of years of Arctic sled dog ancestry…
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