by adam phillips | Sep 3, 2020 | Hot Off the Press
Parasitic plants use quinones produced by their host to attack. Now we know that crops produce quinones as an immune response against microbial infection. How can we protect crops from both kinds of attack?
by masataka sasabe | Jul 8, 2020 | Hot Off the Press
A little genetic engineering and a special recipe allows photosynthetic bacteria to mass-produce super lightweight spider silk for use in manufacturing.
by jens wilkinson | Jun 10, 2020 | Hot Off the Press
Scientists used a multi-omics analysis to show that soil solarization helps crops grow because it increases organic nitrogen in the soil.
by adam phillips | Nov 6, 2018 | Hot Off the Press
New genetic insights into the plant rehydration process: this is why your plants don’t die after you forgot to water them.
by adam phillips | Aug 31, 2018 | Featured, Research Highlight
Scientists designed transgenic plants that survive drought-like conditions by bumping up acetic acid production only when water is scarce.
by adam phillips | Jul 5, 2018 | Hot Off the Press
Scientists have discovered a gene that allows plants to cope with extreme heat by changing the composition of chloroplast membranes.
Bye-bye microplastics: new plastic is fully ocean-degradable
Black smokers and electroecosystems
Bacterial drug resistance studied by robotic E. coli evolution
Green hydrogen production for fuel cells and fertilizers
Scientists develop new and improved quantum gates
