For decades, ever since biologists recognized the potential environmental harms from climate change, they have worried that plants will not be able to evolve fast enough to adapt to a rapidly warming ...

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Even without nerves, plants can sense when something touches them and when it lets go, a study has found. In a set of experiments, individual plant cells responded to the touch of a very fine glass ...

Researchers who manipulate lignin, a molecular fiber that allows plants to grow tall and transport water, unexpectedly discovered its synthesis has more far-reaching effects on plant development than ...

At CES 2024, French startup Neoplants made a major impression with the debut of its Neo Px plant — a genetically engineered innovation designed to purify indoor air with unprecedented efficiency.

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The two of us can often be found in a patch of scrubby bushland, phone in hand, slowly scanning for plants. Or crouched ...