Scientists have uncovered a critical role for rapid DNA repair in maintaining genome stability. A new study reveals that repair of double-strand breaks (DSBs) in nuclear DNA in plants serves as a ...

The red that normally colors the flower of a tobacco plant may now be put to use to signal "stop" in the presence of deadly land mines. South African scientists along with a Dutch biotech firm have ...

A team of ASU researchers is using tobacco plants to create a vaccine that would combat the norovirus, a gastrointestinal virus that affects 90 to 95 percent of people at some point in their lives.

Q: I have been reading about using tobacco tea as an organic pesticide. The internet has several sites that explain how to make a tea with tobacco leaves or with cigarette butts. Once the tea is made ...

Using newly generated 'optogenetic' tobacco plants, research teams have investigated how plants process external signals. When it comes to survival, plants have a huge disadvantage compared to many ...

Cocaine is a substance with a medical application but also poses significant abuse and addiction hazards. According to a report from NewScientist, biochemists have recreated the cocaine-producing ...

The Johnston County Cooperative Extension Service reported Monday that while only 10 percent of plants show signs of either Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus (TSWV) or Tobacco Streak Virus (TSV), the rate is ...

Growers looking to exit tobacco now have an attractive alternative. Oct. 15, 2013 -- After tobacco: What? Every year fewer and fewer farmers plant tobacco, according to the U.S. Department of ...

Listening to their distress calls could one day save water and help farmers. Listening to their distress calls could one day save water and help farmers. is a senior science reporter covering energy ...

Researchers report that they've been able to use tobacco plants as biological factories to manufacture specialized proteins needed for an experimental individualized cancer therapy. They are studying ...