In one of the hottest places on the planet, a modest desert shrub has quietly rewritten what scientists thought plants could ...

Rutgers University marine scientists are using New Jersey-developed tools to measure how iron shortages in Southern Ocean ...

Experiments suggest that it might become possible to nourish plants without photosynthesis—a tool that could one day help feed astronauts and a crowded planet. Canola seedlings can take up acetate, a ...

Photosynthesis and growth of Egeria najas (Hydrocharitaceae) from a subtropical reservoir (Itaipu Reservoir, Brazil-Paraguay) were measured in response to low light intensities (0-124 µM m-2 s-1 PAR) ...

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Scientists cultivating partnerships of fungi and algae believe their invention has far-out implications for how we create the ...