Why plants are so sensitive to gravity: The lowdown
Plants can detect the slightest angle of inclination. Yet the mechanism by which they sense gravity relies on microscopic grains. In theory, such a...
Substance in Chinese medicine can cause cardiac arrhythmia
A medicinal plant frequently used in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) -- Evodia rutaecarpa -- contains substances that can cause cardiac arrhythmia.
Virus inhibits immune response of caterpillars and plants
It is well known that certain wasps suppress the immune systems of their caterpillar hosts so they can successfully raise their young within those...
Permaculture Magazine launches global £20,000 prize
Got a cool permaculture project that could do with some funding? Well, here's your chance.
Why cereal crops are so drought-tolerant
Cereal is much more drought-tolerant than other plants. Researchers have now found out why that is so. Their insight could help breed crops that...
The Lush Spring Prize celebrates social and environmental regeneration
The £200,00 prize fund, jointly held by Lush Cosmetics and Ethical Consumer, redefines what environmental and social responsibility should look like.
Wrangler puts its corporate weight behind soil health
Are we moving on from the overly binary organic versus conventional debate?
Just one more ash dieback spore could push European ash trees to the brink
Europe's ash dieback epidemic could well have been caused by just one or two mushroom-like fruiting bodies of a fungal pathogen from Asia, according...
Could eating moss be good for your gut?
An international team of scientists has discovered a new complex carbohydrate in moss that could possibly be exploited for health or other uses.
Trichomonosis discovered amongst myna birds in Pakistan
A strain of the disease responsible for killing nearly two thirds of the UK's greenfinch population has spread to myna birds in Pakistan. In...