Scientists Listened to Moss for a Week and Found Strange Electrical Pulses Moving Through It
Credit: Pexels Moss is alive but doesn’t look like much. It has no nerves, no brain, and no…
Scientists Uncover New Plant Species Hidden in Plain Sight for More Than 100 Years
Phebalium banyabba. Credit: Paul Sheringham A plant misidentified for more than a century has been named as a…
Scientists Just Found Something Weird Inside Moss
Mosses are famous for surviving conditions that would kill most plants, but new research suggests they may not…
Scientists Turn Red Lettuce Green, Unlocking Hidden Nutrients
Red-leaf lettuce gets its color from anthocyanins, antioxidant pigments produced through the flavonoid pathway. Modifying this pathway can…
Secrets of evolution found in ancient plant DNA
The Takeaway CSHL Professor & HHMI Investigator Zachary Lippman and colleagues have identified more than 2.3 million conserved…
Plants Balance Adaptability in Skin Cells with Stability in Sex Cells
Mutations drive evolution, but they can also be risky. New research led by plant biologists at the University…