A study published in Science Advances has revealed promising strategies to significantly improve crop yields by addressing photorespiration, a metabolic...
From toddlers in daycare to seedlings in forests, young organisms tend to get sick more easily than adults—a phenomenon that...
As you age you naturally lose neurons and muscle mass and experience a decline in fertility and wound healing ability....
A method using free software and a drone with a low-cost camera has made it possible to select drought-tolerant corn...
In evolutionary terms, fitness is defined as an organism’s ability to survive and reproduce its genes into the next generation....
University of Manchester scientists have discovered significant concentrations of microplastics in the male reproductive system of sea turtles. The scientists...
Humans like to think that being multicellular (and bigger) is a definite advantage, even though 80% of life on Earth...
Evolution is nature’s engine, driving and shaping genetic change and the diversity around us. Charles Darwin famously unveiled this process...
Throughout evolution, plants have continuously adapted to survive in changing environments. Apart from complex structural changes, plants have also developed...
Every time the temperature drops, a cloud passes overhead, or the sun sets, a plant makes a choice: Keep its...
Why do some plants thrive in specific regions but not in others? A study led by researchers at the University...
A team of researchers at Karolinska Institutet has developed a novel tool for genetic research. The study, published in Nucleic...
