For this weeks fun, family-friendly experiment we are exploring the wonders all around us that are hidden from view on a daily basis. Today we are bringing to light the process of Photosynthesis, ...

Researchers have built a better plant, one that produces more leaves and fruit without needing extra fertilizer. The researchers accomplished this feat using a computer model that mimics the process ...

Plant metabolism drives plant development and plant-environment responses, and data readouts from this cellular level could provide insights in the underlying molecular processes. Existing studies ...

UPTON, NY-One hundred and fifty feet above the ground in the Amazonian rainforest, a vast ocean of green spreads out in every direction. The rainforest canopy is made up of mostly tropical evergreen ...

When visitors come to Pamela Silver’s Harvard lab, they always ask to see the “bionic leaf.” “And they’re going to be disappointed,” the biochemist said, laughing heartily. The experiment that has ...

Lucas Cernusak receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Chin Wong does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from ...

University of Illinois researchers have built a better plant, one that produces more leaves and fruit without needing extra fertilizer. The researchers accomplished the feat using a computer model ...

Scientists have combined solar panels, genetically modified bacteria and a synthetic catalyst to create a system that does exactly what a leaf does – turn sunshine into fuel – but much more ...