For centuries, scientists have known that plants "breathe" through microscopic pores on their leaves called stomata. These ...

Arabidopsis in a growing chamber at the Bond Life Sciences Center. A team of University of Missouri researchers has discovered a way to genetically modify a plant’s genes to produce more oil for ...

In one of the hottest places on the planet, a modest desert shrub has quietly rewritten what scientists thought plants could ...

A gift of $10 million to the University of Chicago from the Margot and Tom Pritzker Foundation will establish the Pritzker Plant Biology Center on the University’s Hyde Park campus. The research hub, ...

Some plants bend the rules of plant life so far that they barely resemble plants at all. Balanophora is one of them - a ...

Though plants can serve as a source of food, oxygen and décor, they’re not often considered to be a good source of electricity. But by collecting electrons naturally transported within plant cells, ...

Researchers begin to uncover the mechanism that enables wetland plants to survive, hoping to develop agricultural crops that are more resilient to extreme weather caused by climate change. Plants ...

Nature-based solutions are an effective tool to combat climate change triggered by rising carbon emissions, whether it’s by clearing the skies with bio-based aviation fuels or boosting natural carbon ...

Sebastian Cocioba’s clapboard house on Long Island doesn’t look much like a cutting-edge plant biology lab. Then you step inside and peer down the hallway to see a small nook with just enough standing ...