Plant behavior may seem rather boring compared with the frenetic excesses of animals. Yet the lives of our vegetable friends, ...

Plants shape Earth’s atmosphere by moving carbon and water vapour. New research sheds light on how they learned to do it – ...

Throughout evolution, plants have continuously adapted to survive in changing environments. Apart from complex structural ...

However, they are difficult to observe in action. Each stomata is like a tiny, pressure-operated valve. They have“guard cells” surrounding an opening or pore which lets water vapour out and ...

A multidisciplinary team led by researchers at the Yale School of the Environment developed a new laser-based method for observing how plants adjust the pressure within their cells in response to the ...

Mar. 11, 2025 — Researchers have identified genetic changes in blood stem cells from frequent blood donors that support the production of new, non-cancerous cells. Understanding the differences ...