Scientists say their Stomata In-Sight tool can observe plants "breathe," which could be used to bioengineer crops that ...

Volvo has slightly scaled back its once ambitious electric plans, but the Swedish automaker already offers a wide range of ...

For 450 million years, plants and soil fungi have been trading partners. The fungi weave through plant roots, delivering ...

How much of our genome really matters? Some argue that because most of our DNA is active, it must be doing something important. Others say even random DNA would be highly active. This has now been put ...

Jezero Crater on Mars was once home to a lake, delta and rivers. See an animation of what it could have looked like when water poured into the crater billions of years ago and present day. Credit: ...

New evidence shows that precursors of myelin-producing cells — one of the few #brain cell types that continue to be produced ...

Learning doesn’t always mean flipping through heavy textbooks or sitting in a long lecture. Sometimes, it just takes ...

Q: How reliable are plant identification apps? I’ve tested several plant identification apps and have found them surprisingly, but not completely, accurate. You simply snap a photo of the plant in ...

Chinese engineers have built a new type of sodium-and-sulphur battery they say can be a safer and cheaper alternative to lithium cells. An ever-increasing number of electronics use lithium as the key ...

The strategy, known as synthetic biology, is gaining momentum globally as a conservation tool and human health solution, ...