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Rice growth on lunar regolith simulant with N₂O₅ dissolved water. Compared with the water-only control, plants treated with the N₂O₅ solution exhibited markedly enhanced growth three months after sowing. Furthermore, heading was observed four months after sowing, indicating that the N₂O₅ solution is effective as a nitrogen fertilizer. ©Toshiro Kaneko

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Rice Grown on the Moon?

Securing sustainable food supplies is a key challenge for long-term human exploration and potential habitation of the Moon. The Moon's soil contains no organic material, and essential plant nitrogen sources like ammonia and nitrate are virtually nonexistent.

Isabel31/07/2026

Image: Interaction of heme retrograde and phytochrome light signaling in plant cells. Credit: Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo.

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Why plant cells need heme: Hidden signal reshapes photosynthesis gene control

For plants, light is an important environmental factor not only as a source of energy for photosynthesis, but also as a signal for capturing environmental information. Light signals are sensed by photoreceptor proteins called phytochromes. The amino acids that make…

Isabel06/07/2026

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Last of its kind: Critically Endangered tree clinging to cliffside finds hope at Kew and Logan Botanic Garden

Conservationists are in a race against time to prevent one of the world’s rarest island plants from disappearing forever, after seeds collected from the only surviving wild Dendroseris neriifolia tree arrived at the Millennium Seed Bank (MSB) at Kew Wakehurst in Sussex.

Isabel29/06/2026

Image: Confocal microscopy of Arabidopsis plants expressing NAC53 fused to GFP. Credit: Suayb Üstün

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How Plants Rebalance Their Energy under Stress

When under stress, plants cut back on energy production to focus on breaking down damaged proteins.

Isabel23/06/2026

Image: Mutant plant peroxisomes, which are enlarged and lack vesicles. Credit: Nathan Tharp/Rice University

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Scientists uncover how protein helps plants grow in early stages

For most of their lives, plants get their energy from photosynthesis. But during the seed to seedling stage when they can’t absorb light just yet, they rely on other sources, like fatty acids. To process the fatty acids, plant cells,…

Isabel28/05/2026

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