Cells, Genes & Molecules
Does Bamboo Interfere with Panda Brains to Get Eaten?
Scientists discovered that bamboo plants may actively influence pandas’ brains and biology through tiny RNA molecules that enter their bloodstream.
Cells, Genes & Molecules
How One Tool Helps Different Fungi Hijack Plant Signalling
Scientists discover fungi use a universal “hacking tool” to trick plants into starvation mode, disabling their immune defences and causing devastating crop diseases worldwide.
Cells, Genes & Molecules
Climate Change Gives Grapes the Sweet Taste of Failing Photosynthesis
Somkuwar & Dhole find that rising temperatures will prove the biggest challenge that centuries-old winemaking traditions have yet faced.
Cells, Genes & Molecules
Can you teach an old log new tricks?
Mareike Jezek shares the latest advances on epigenetic changes in trees – changes that “allow” plants to prepare their offspring for the environments they might face.
Cells, Genes & Molecules
Hidden Networks Inside Brazilian Savanna Plants
Deep in the cells of a pink-flowered Brazilian plant, researchers have found unexpected living highways of connected cells.
Cells, Genes & Molecules
Tree Gene Supercharges Plant Growth in Changing Light
Nature’s own solution to inefficient photosynthesis has been discovered in poplar trees, offering a new way to help plants thrive in changing light conditions.
Cells, Genes & Molecules
How Amazon Trees Marched to the Atlantic Forest
Ancient rainforest trees found hidden highways through Brazil’s drylands, making more than a dozen epic journeys from the Amazon to the Atlantic coast over twelve million years.
Cells, Genes & Molecules
Historic Specimens Reveal a Century of Agricultural Change
German botanists have unlocked 150 years of agricultural history using innovative analysis of preserved plants.
Cells, Genes & Molecules
Friendly Fungi Use Tiny Messages to Help Plants Grow
Scientists discover that beneficial soil fungi can send small RNA molecules to communicate with and support plant growth, similar to how plants share information through their roots.
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Forest Timekeepers Falter as Global Temperatures Rise
Scientists found that rising temperatures can mess up the internal clocks of trees, making it harder for them to survive and grow, especially for those living in colder areas.
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Climate-ready crop
RIPE team shows increase in food mass through photorespiratory bypass in elevated temperatures
Cells, Genes & Molecules
Researchers Challenge Established Theory on Stomatal Movement
Scientists create a computational model to uncover the role of metabolites in the vacuole fusion process.