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Seed plants, such as soybeans, store large amounts of protein in specialized organelles called protein storage vacuoles.
When one recent study hinted that trees could “converse” with one another in expectation of a solar eclipse, headlines ...
Scientists have decoded the atomic structure of Photosystem I from a 3-billion-year-old cyanobacteria lineage, offering a unique look at early oxygen-producing photosynthesis. The ancient nanodevice, ...
The Salmon Cannon and the Levitating Frog contends that curiosity-driven research helps us understand the world and could lead to unexpected benefits.
Scientists at the Missouri Botanical Garden are preserving diverse plant species. And, how micronutrients could help address world hunger.
It seems like Roald Dahl may have been onto something after all: if you hurt a plant, it screams. Well, sort of. Not in the same way you or I might scream. Rather, they emit popping or clicking noises ...
Perdue reports that 97% of wells in a large suspected contamination zone near a Perdue plant have been tested ... saying there is no scientific evidence that illnesses are linked to the pollution ...
Kids say and draw the darndest things. The Earth Science Division at NASA’s Ames ... the blue could represent the abundant water and plant life that makes life on Earth possible.
From a meeting that celebrates basic research and being "first," a look at 3 data sets on therapies that would break new ground. More so than most cancer meetings, scientific presentations at the ...
Trade union Unite said it has been informed by the US-owned firm of its plans to close down the basics area of the plant. Basic chemicals are used internally by Dow as raw materials and are also sold ...