In the damp understory of forests in Taiwan, mainland Japan, and Okinawa, a plant called Balanophora can fool you at first glance. Its knobby flower stalks look more like a mushroom than a flowering ...

Scientists have visualised plant respiration in real time, capturing stomata opening and closing. This breakthrough offers ...

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This desert plant rewired photosynthesis to thrive at 120°F. Its hot secret could help our essential crops survive climate change.

Death Valley, in California, is among the hottest areas worldwide, and temperature levels during summer often surpass 120ºF.

Using artificial photosynthesis approaches to produce food could be a paradigm shift for how we feed people The scientists showed that the organisms could all be grown in an acetate medium in total ...

Plants and trees may seem pretty passive, but behind the scenes, their cells are working hard to put on a magic show. In this episode of Crash Course Botany, we’ll explore how the processes of ...

Researchers designed bioinspired hydrogels capable of using sunlight to produce hydrogen and oxygen from water. Hydrogels contain polymer networks that facilitate energy conversion, offering a ...