Yelena Korochkina, winner of the 2024 Presidential Prize in Science and Innovation for Young Scientists The prize was awarded for developing innovative methods for the effective implementation of ...

Biologists have uncovered a surprising connection between the way plants grow and how they defend themselves against ...

Modern Synthesis’ fibers can be manipulated in ways that simple plant fibers cannot. They can be spread into a thin, ...

Andrej Svyantek, Ph.D., has joined Texas A&M as an assistant professor and researcher focusing on horticultural crop breeding.

Photosynthesis -- mainly carried out by plants -- is based on a remarkably efficient energy conversion process. To generate chemical energy, sunlight must first be captured and transported further.

Rice University researchers have revealed novel sequence-structure-property relationships for customizing engineered living ...

The University of Wyoming Extension welcomes four new specialists in the Department of Plant Sciences. With experience in education, nonprofit organizations and extension, the new faculty will support ...

How can the field of synthetic biology help improve engineered living materials (ELMs)? This is what a recent study published ...

New research from the University of Illinois shows that gene-edited bacteria can supply early corn plants the equivalent of 35 pounds of nitrogen from the air. Study co-author Connor Sible, research ...

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