Invasive spongy moths (Lymantria dispar) are the most destructive defoliators of broadleaf forests in North America. Aspen is a favored food plant of spongy moths, which feed on expanding leaves in ...

Astronauts perform so many out-of-this-world experiments on the International Space Station (ISS). They use a specially-built ...

Some plants are able to take over uninhabited spaces like sand dunes, volcanic substrates and rockfall areas. The first colonizers have specific traits that allow them to grow in such hostile ...

James W. Satterlee receives funding from the National Science Foundation (IOS-2305651). As any avid gardener will tell you, plants with sharp thorns and prickles can leave you looking like you’ve had ...

From pension fraud to plastic plants, this year's Ig Nobel prizes recognize science that can be lighthearted, surprising or ...

54 items in this article 27 items on sale! While it’s easier than ever to buy live plants online, sometimes, despite our best intentions, those live plants become, well, dead plants. Artificial ...

“It answers the fundamental question of how the earliest land plants evolved from aquatic freshwater algae.” Yin’s lab in the Nebraska Food for Health Center and the Department of Food Science and ...

The expansion of irrigation practices has led to higher salt contents in agricultural lands, impairing plant function and reducing yields. Hence, investigating how plants behave against salt stress is ...

The benches are full of tomato plants, and the tomatoes don't look good. Half of the plants are ...

"Our experiment shows how the practical implementation of hybrid networks can succeed," says Kues. The research has been published in Science Advances.