Plants

Plants can help spruce up a home or office space, but claims about their ability to improve the air quality are vastly overstated.

Four out of five children say they feel more confident in themselves after spending time participating in outdoor activities.

“Smoke detectors” in plants also control the growth of root hair.

The study explains how a 450-million years ago a switch enabled plants to delay reproduction and grow leaves, shoots, and buds.

Scentists have identified crucial components and processes which only developed in seed plants around 350 million years ago to enable fast and efficient gravity-driven root growth.

Every plant releases volatile organic compounds (VOCs) as they 'breathe' through the pores in their leaves. But when a plant is diseased, the type...

Vaccines help protect individuals from lethal infections before they interact with the disease. Antibodies may likewise help reduce the symptoms of the infection brought...

The development of stomata and leaf airspace must be composed to set up a proficient and powerful network that enables gas exchange for photosynthesis....

Many plant processes similar to the humans: Cells and tissues in grain plants, including maize also communicate through electrical signals. The shape and frequency...

A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has recently discovered that the Bandicoot Berry (Leea indica), South African leaf (Vernonia...