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Chemicals in ubiquitous Mediterranean plants hold key to delaying aging diseases, like Alzheimer's and Dementia.
Using ultrafast imaging of moving energy in photosynthesis, scientists have determined the speed of crucial processes for the first time.
An international team of scientists, led by the University of Bristol, has uncovered the earliest direct evidence of humans processing plants for food found anywhere in the world.
What drives a carnivorous plant to abandon eating meat in favour of a diet of bat faeces? Ecologists from Germany, Brunei Darussalam and Australia believe they have the answer.
"This is a really exciting discovery and a major breakthrough in our quest to create new plants that can cope in our future environment."
The same compounds that give plants and vegetables their vibrant colors might be able to bolster brain functioning in older adults, according to recent research.
Never mind the story of Moses parting the Red Sea. How exactly do plants split water?
After sensing dangerous chemicals, the nanotube-enhanced plants send a real-time alert.