As Australia swelters through a scorching summer, the nation's flora is facing not just extreme heat, but also prolonged heat ...

Plants play a key role in regulating Earth's climate, but recent research suggests that rising temperatures could disrupt ...

By discovering that plant leaves are coated with RNA ... and Hana Zand Karimi of the Indiana University Department of Biology, Patricia Baldrich and Blake C. Meyers of University of California ...

Scientists study how tiny pigments in leaves use quantum mechanics to transfer energy efficiently for better solar panels.

By discovering that plant leaves are coated with RNA ... and Hana Zand Karimi of the Indiana University Department of Biology, Patricia Baldrich and Blake C. Meyers of University of California ...

have discovered a genetic mechanism that changes the direction of growth of plant cells during leaf development and thus determines the shape of a leaf. Miltos Tsiantis and his group from the Max ...

Thus, one might expect plant leaves exposed to drought conditions to have fewer stomata in sunlit environments. The above discussion illustrates a very important concept in experimental biology - ...

Photosynthesis -- mainly carried out by plants -- is based on a remarkably efficient energy conversion process. To generate chemical energy, sunlight must first be captured and transported further.

Plant organisation - Edexcel Plant leaves are adapted for photosynthesis and gas exchange. Roots absorb water and mineral ions through root hair cells and are transported up the plant by the xylem.

We can also see the holes that the plant uses to “breathe” and a branching vein that carries water and nutrients to and from the leaf. Click on the right arrow to take a closer look at one of the ...

Leaf beetles can be found to feed on almost all plant groups. They live in the rhizosphere ... Research Group at the Max Planck Institute for Biology in Tübingen, Germany, have now asked how ...