Scientists are drawing inspiration from plants to develop new techniques to separate and extract valuable minerals, metals and nutrients from resource-rich wastewater.
Isabel20/02/2023
Under cold conditions, not only the mother plant but also the father plant can pass on its chloroplasts to the offspring.
Isabel17/02/2023
Non-vascular bryophytes live in colonies that cover the ground and resemble tiny forests. In a real forest, plants compete for light in different layers of the canopy. If a plant does not receive enough sunlight, it stops lateral branching and…
Isabel16/02/2023
Researchers have traced the evolution of mint genomes for potential future applications that range from medicines to pesticides to antimicrobials.
Isabel15/02/2023
Researchers have now investigated how a mixture of crops of faba beans (broad beans) and wheat affects the number of pollinating insects. They found that areas of mixed crops compared with areas of single crops are visited equally often by…
Isabel14/02/2023