
Plants
No sun? No prob! A new process might soon grow plants in the dark
Teamwork makes green-work! Collaborating scientists came up with an electrifying farming trick that could make sunlight optional.
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Teamwork makes green-work! Collaborating scientists came up with an electrifying farming trick that could make sunlight optional.
A new study shows how some microbes absorb and release electrons — a trait that may point to new fuels or ways to store energy.
Phloem is tissue that delivers food, made in leaves during photosynthesis, to the rest of a plant.
They also could also help coastal residents mine fresh water from salty sources.
Heat-trapping gases from dead trees play an important role in the environmental impact of “ghost” forests.
Breathe in and out, that’s respiration. Have a cell break down sugars for energy, and that’s respiration too.
Plants can take in light, water and carbon dioxide, and send out sugar and oxygen. Here’s how it works.
Cinderella took a ride in a pumpkin coach. Though real pumpkins do get big enough, here’s why their ride would be uncomfortable at best.
As climate change spurs forest tree growth, it also shortens trees’ lives. That results in a quicker release of climate-warming carbon back into the atmosphere.
Photosynthesis turns sunlight into energy for plants. Scientists want to know more about it, imitate it — even improve it.