For decades, ever since biologists recognized the potential environmental harms from climate change, they have worried that plants will not be able to evolve fast enough to adapt to a rapidly warming ...

Not everyone gets a chance to put on a space suit, but you can still be an important part of NASA’s human space exploration ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A University of Florida scientist is set to make history Thursday by launching into space to see how plants "respond molecularly," according to a press release. University of ...

Even without nerves, plants can sense when something touches them and when it lets go, a study has found. In a set of experiments, individual plant cells responded to the touch of a very fine glass ...

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As part of an investigation to boost agricultural yields and develop crops that are resilient to climate change, Berkeley Lab scientists have introduced RhizoNet, a computational tool that harnesses ...