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Scientists discover how 'heartbeat' mechanism of plants controls their growth and could protect...
The Cool Down via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoAs detailed by Phys.org, scientists from the University of Copenhagen's department of biology found...
‘Family is more than biology’: Why LGBTQ+ women want to be surrogates for gay men
TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 hours ago"I knew I wanted to help a gay male couple's family dreams come true," Lauren says, noting that she...
Can engineered plants help make baby formula as nutritious as breast milk?
Science Daily· 21 hours agoIn a new study published today in the journal Nature Food, the study team reprogrammed plants' sugar-making machinery to produce a diverse array of these human milk sugars, also called human ...
Are plants intelligent? It depends on the definition
Science Daily· 2 days ago"There are more than 70 definitions that are published for intelligence and there...within a given field," said Kessler, professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology ...
Gene-Editing Strikes Oil: High-Yield Camelina Revolutionizes Biofuel
SciTechDaily· 8 hours agoThis is due to a protein that colors the seeds brown, absent in yellow-seeded plants, which also...
Newly discovered Amazon fish species is named after ‘The Lord of the Rings’ villain for its odd...
CNN via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoA new species of fish has been discovered in the Amazon: a piranha relative with humanlike teeth....
Newswise Expert | Don Ort, Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency (RIPE) Project
Newswise· 6 days agoRealizing increased Photosynthetic (RIPE) Project Deputy Director Donald Ort is the Robert Emerson Professor in Plant Biology and Crop Sciences at the University ...
Stinky corpse flower set to bloom at Gustavus Adolphus College
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) via Yahoo News· 1 day agoST. PETER, Minn. — The pungent aroma of rotting flesh will soon be wafting across the prairie, as one of the corpse flowers at Gustavus Adolphus College is expected to bloom. The 40-inch-tall ...
Plants like company to thrive
Daily Press· 6 days agoPlants need each other. When lonely shrubs are spaced apart and surrounded by mulch, they cannot connect.
What dead flowers tell us about the future of life on Earth
Washington Post· 6 days ago“The pink lady’s slipper is one of those iconic spring flowers that once you see it, you never...