Scientists reveal structure of plants’ energy generators
Researchers have revealed the first atomic structures of the respiratory apparatus that plants use to generate energy.
2020 tied for warmest year on record, NASA analysis shows
Earth's global average surface temperature in 2020 tied with 2016 as the warmest year on record, according to an analysis by NASA.
Rare lichen unique to Florida discovered in museum collections, may be extinct
Scientists have found a new species of fleshy verdigris lichen, thanks to DNA analysis of museum specimens. Misidentified by its original collectors, the lichen...
How plants produce defensive toxins without harming themselves
Scientists describe the biosynthesis and exact mode of action of diterpene glycosides in wild tobacco. These antiherbivory compounds attack the cell membrane. To protect...
Shedding light on the secret reproductive lives of honey bees
Research shows that there are trade-offs between sperm viability and the expression of a protein involved in the insect's immune response.
Researchers uncover viral small RNAs in mosquito cells
Researchers provide a new genomics resource that details the small RNA transcriptomes (gene expression) of four bio-medically important mosquito species.
Bacteria carried by mosquitoes may protect them against pesticides
Mosquitoes are transmitters of several diseases and pesticides are used to control their numbers in many countries. New study finds Wolbachia - a bacteria...
Comprehensive characterization of vascular structure in plants
Plant researchers and bioinformatics researchers have succeeded for the first time in identifying the functions of the different cell types in the leaf vasculature...
How different plants can share their genetic material with each other
The genetic material of plants, animals and humans is well protected in the nucleus of each cell and stores all the information that forms...
Bacterium protects rice plants from diseases
Researchers were able to demonstrate how a specific bacterium inside the seeds of rice plants effectively and in an eco-friendly way inhibits destructive plant...
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