Extremely well-preserved fossil sawfly sheds new light on the coevolution of insects and toxic plants
This “extremely well preserved” fossil details a new species of sawfly that is now extinct. Credit: Michael Frese, University of ...
Tag: plants
Plants fight for pollen space from pollinators
From the slow-motion footage, this image captures the moment when the catapult-like mechanism of a The Hypenea macrantha flower explodes ...
Study reveals plants have protein monitoring mechanism thought to exist only in animal cells
Images of the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. In the plant on the right, the activity of the protein-RNA complex “U1 ...
AI allows iNaturalist to map California plants with unprecedented precision
Using more than 652,000 observations uploaded to iNaturalist (left), UC Berkeley scientists created an AI model to predict the distribution ...
Researchers discover how plants produce a new anti-stress molecule
The study involved measuring DMSP concentrations in leaf samples of Spartina anglica growing in Stiffkey Salt Marsh, Norfolk, UK. Credit: ...
New seed fossil sheds light on wind dispersal of plants
A fossil of the winged seed Alasemenia, from the Jianchuan Mine in Xinhang City, China. Credit: Deming Wang Scientists have ...
Researchers discover new mechanism for plants to perceive light and heat
Analysis of light-triggered interactions between Arabidopsis PhyB and its phytochrome-interacting factors (PIF) 3 and 6. Credit: The plant cell (2024). ...
Researchers create artificial plants that purify indoor air and produce electricity
Professor Seokheun “Sean” Choi of Binghamton University and doctoral student Maryam Rezaie have developed artificial plants that can feed on ...
As temperatures rise, researchers identify mechanisms behind plants’ response to warming
With implications for agriculture and food production, biologists have mapped two pathways that plants follow under high heat conditions. Credit: ...
Do plants and fungi exchange carbon for nutrients? Unlikely, researchers say
Symbiotic relationships between plants and fungi have been described as a kind of economic market, in which plants trade carbon ...
