Plants are able to modify their root hydraulics to maintain water status and strategically use soil water, according to a new study published today in the New Phytologist. When soils are drying, plants can decrease water ...
Plants & Animals
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New research published in the journal Nature on February 26, 2025, uses advanced robotics to track the hyper-efficient supply chains formed between plants and mycorrhizal fungi as they trade carbon and nutrients across the ...
Ecology
Feb 26, 2025
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Apical periodontitis, a chronic and hard-to-treat dental infection, affects more than half of the population worldwide and is the leading cause of tooth loss. Root canal is the standard treatment, but existing approaches ...
Bio & Medicine
Feb 24, 2025
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University of Queensland researchers have for the first time introduced genetic material into plants via their roots, opening a potential pathway for rapid crop improvement. The research is published in Nature Plants.
Bio & Medicine
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When was the last time you walked into a supermarket and marveled at the abundance of exotic fruits and vegetables, even in the dead of winter? This luxury, now an expectation, only became common in the mid-20th century, ...
Agriculture
Feb 12, 2025
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A corn plant knows how to find water in soil with the very tips of its roots, but some varieties, including many used for breeding high-yielding corn in the U.S., appear to have lost a portion of that ability, according to ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Feb 6, 2025
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A new study led by the University of Oxford has used a modeling approach to show that it is unlikely that plants would evolve to warn other plants of impending attack. Instead of using their communication networks to transmit ...
Evolution
Jan 22, 2025
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New research has revealed the unique ecological role of coastal wetlands in the face of rising sea levels, capturing carbon, adjusting their soil elevation and protecting the coastline.
Ecology
Jan 20, 2025
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If corn was ever jealous of soybean's relationship with nitrogen-fixing bacteria, advancements in gene editing could one day level the playing field. A recent study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign shows that ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jan 16, 2025
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Research co-led by the University of Maryland reveals that drought and increased temperatures in a CO2-rich climate can dramatically alter how grasslands use and move water.
Earth Sciences
Jan 16, 2025
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