Plants

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF People are looking at ways to use nature to help clean the environment, and air…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF If you can grow plants without the need for light then it means you can…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Plants are a rich source of information – if you can communicate with them that…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Plants are getting more super powers than ever before and it’s all thanks to new…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As these sensors become more powerful one day we’ll be able to visualise the stress…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Plants face a variety of stresses, whether it’s crops suffering as a result of climate…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Robotic plants could help find mines and pollutants buried in soil, or be used to…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Noone would suspect a plant of watching or surveilling them, but thanks to DARPA that’s…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Every day we’re finding new ways to power our planet, but what if the plants…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Understanding how biological organisms function and respond to stimuli will help biologists find new ways…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Global food production is already being stretched by Earths growing population with the price of…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Scientists have used gene editing to turn off specific plant genes to boost plant growth…