Nitrogen is one of the soil nutrients that is most essential for healthy plant growth because it not only helps the plant ...

Purdue University scientists have discovered a key mechanism that regulates how plants develop chloroplasts, essential structures responsible for the photosynthesis that sustains life on Earth by ...

Scientists at MIT have turbocharged one of nature’s most sluggish but essential enzymes—rubisco—by applying a cutting-edge ...

Coral bleaching isn’t just an ocean crisis. Here’s how the global event endangers food security, local jobs—and the land ...

A set of breakthroughs from scientists at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) is ...

A new scientific study found that elevated levels of atmospheric CO₂ can help crops grow faster and bigger, but not healthier.

Declining snow accumulation in the mountains of the northeastern U.S. will likely reduce the ability of forests to act as a ...

A new handheld microscope lets scientists monitor coral health in real time, underwater, without harming reefs.

Does chlorophyll help with your skin and gut health? Here's what you need to know about the benefits, plus, what to take and ...

Kenyan fig trees can literally turn parts of themselves to stone, using microbes to convert internal crystals into ...

Researchers discovered how coccolithophores, a subset of haptophytes, harness the sun's energy, which could lead to ...