• More than 50 years after astronauts brought the last moon-rock samples to Earth, scientists have successfully grown plants in lunar soil from three Apollo missions for the first time. (space.com)
  • All the moon -soil plants grew slowly and relatively poorly, but those grown in samples that had been more exposed on the lunar surface tended to do the worst, and genetic analysis showed changes indicative of stress. (space.com)
  • Plants grown in simulated lunar soil on the left and in Apollo sample on the right, seen 16 days after planting. (space.com)
  • For comparison, the scientists also grew the thale cress in a type of soil made from volcanic ash found on Earth, called JSC-1A by NASA, meant to simulate lunar soil, which is powdery and full of abrasive glass fragments. (space.com)
  • The plants fared the worst in the Apollo 11 soil, which was the most "mature," meaning the soil had been the most exposed to the lunar surface. (space.com)
  • Scientists Anna-Lisa Paul and Rob Ferl work with lunar soil. (space.com)
  • Moreover, a genetic analysis of the plants revealed that compared to the plants grown in volcanic ash, those grown in lunar soil expressed many genes related to salt, metal-associated and oxidative stress. (space.com)
  • The results suggest that soil that is more exposed to the lunar surface is worse for plants, which may be because of changes caused by exposure to cosmic rays and the solar wind , the researchers wrote. (space.com)
  • If this is true, the researchers argued, soil from younger parts of the moon could be more effective in growing healthy plants. (space.com)
  • Friday, researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in San Diego launched a new initiative to improve on the ability of plants to suck carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and store it deep in the soil. (latimes.com)
  • But much of that carbon is eventually released back into the air as C02 - either because we and other animals eat the plants or burn them, or they return to the soil where bacteria and fungi cause them to decompose. (latimes.com)
  • One of the Salk team's goals is to find a way to help plants do a better job of taking the carbon they absorb from the atmosphere and keeping it in the soil. (latimes.com)
  • To determine how plants might have adapted to the meltdown, Hajduch's team compared soya grown in radioactive plots near Chernobyl with plants grown about 100 kilometres away in uncontaminated soil. (newscientist.com)
  • Compared to the plants grown in normal soil, the Chernobyl soya produced significantly different amounts of several dozen proteins, the team found. (newscientist.com)
  • Particularly when it is practically challenging to collect and preserve the entire plant, photos complement the physical voucher by showing the soil type, the habitat it's growing in, and other species growing alongside it. (cosmosmagazine.com)
  • Plants, too, will extract PFAS from soil in different amounts. (sunjournal.com)
  • According to recent research, corn and oats planted in contaminated soil will take up very little PFAS compared to straw, which takes up a significant amount. (sunjournal.com)
  • The type of soil also impacts how much PFAS is taken up by plants. (sunjournal.com)
  • M. polymorpha, or common liverwort, grows as thin, flat green sheets on moist soil or rock, and is an extant descended from one of the earliest plants to colonize land. (sciencedaily.com)
  • In the study, researchers planted the seeds of Arabidopsis thaliana - a plant related to mustard greens, as well as other cruciferous vegetables, including broccoli and cauliflower - in lunar soil, which was sampled directly from the moon from missions Apollo 11, 12 and 17. (kmuw.org)
  • To compare, researchers also planted the seeds in a lunar simulant, designed to closely mimic real lunar soil. (kmuw.org)
  • Some of the plants grown in the lunar soil samples had "stunted" roots and leaves, as well as some "reddish pigmentation," the release said. (kmuw.org)
  • Saltier cell sap gives plants the ability to continue to grow as soil dries during drought. (phys.org)
  • CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Scientists for the first time have grown plants in soil from the moon collected by NASA's Apollo astronauts. (kgun9.com)
  • So they planted thale cress last year in lunar soil returned by Apollo 11's Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, and other moonwalkers. (kgun9.com)
  • However, the plants showed significant signs of stress, indicating that lunar soil is not exactly to their liking. (zmescience.com)
  • For the first time, scientists have grown plants from moon soil. (zmescience.com)
  • In a new paper published in the journal Communications Biology, the UF research team showed that plants can successfully sprout and grow roots in lunar soil. (zmescience.com)
  • Their study also investigated how plants respond biologically to the Moon's regolith, which is drastically unique compared to soil found on Earth. (zmescience.com)
  • It makes sense that we would want to use the soil that's already there to grow plants. (zmescience.com)
  • So, what happens when you grow plants in lunar soil, something that is totally outside of a plant's evolutionary experience? (zmescience.com)
  • Each well served as a pot and once they filled each "pot" with roughly a gram of lunar soil, they moistened the regolith with a nutrient solution and added a few seeds from an Arabidopsis plant . (zmescience.com)
  • Growing Arabidopsis in the lunar soil gave more comprehension into how the soil impacted the plants, down to the level of gene expression. (zmescience.com)
  • Though the plants sprouted, they showed signs of impaired growth compared to the control group planted in Earth soil. (zmescience.com)
  • At the genetic level, the plants were pulling out the tools typically used to cope with stressors, such as salt and metals or oxidative stress, so we can infer that the plants perceive the lunar soil environment as stressful," said Anna-Lisa Paul, one of the study's authors. (zmescience.com)
  • Ultimately, we would like to use the gene expression data to help address how we can ameliorate the stress responses to the level where plants - particularly crops - are able to grow in lunar soil with very little impact to their health. (zmescience.com)
  • For instance, the researchers found that the plants with the most signs of stress were those grown in what lunar geologists call mature lunar soil. (zmescience.com)
  • How will minerals in the lunar soil respond to having a plant grown in them, with the added water and nutrients? (zmescience.com)
  • We wanted to do this experiment because, for years, we were asking this question: Would plants grow in lunar soil," Ferl said. (zmescience.com)
  • They coated different seed types in soil until the seeds were the same size, so the robot could sow different plant seeds at the same time without having to adjust to different shapes or sizes. (pakistangulfeconomist.com)
  • By dividing TPH into groups of petroleum hydrocarbons that act alike in the soil or water, scientists can better know what happens to them. (cdc.gov)
  • We welcome all kinds of modellers and empirical scientists, with interests ranging from soil science and plant-ecophysiology to socio-economics. (lu.se)
  • Research conducted by three independent groups and reported in The Plant Cell shows that fundamental developmental processes controlled by the plant hormone auxin are regulated by microRNAs in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Dr. Bonnie Bartel at Rice University in Houston, TX together with Drs. David Bartel and Allison Mallory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research in Cambridge, MA report experiments using transgenic Arabidopsis plants that produce a version of ARF17 mRNA that resists microRNA-mediated cleavage. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Arabidopsis ago1 mutants lacking the AGO1 protein have numerous severe developmental defects, supporting the notion that regulation by microRNAs is critical for normal plant growth. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Auxin is known to be a major regulator of adventitious root formation and normal Arabidopsis plants form multiple adventitious roots on the hypocotyl (stem just above the root) when treated with auxin but the ago1 mutants do not. (sciencedaily.com)
  • In all three samples, they grew a common lab specimen, a small plant called thale cress ( Arabidopsis thaliana ). (space.com)
  • in many higher vascular plants such as Arabidopsis thaliana (Arabidopsis) and Oryza sativa (rice), a single TPC gene is involved in the activity of slow vacuolar (SV) channels (voltage-dependent cation channels) along with long-distance signalling, defence, and responses to environmental stress. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Arabidopsis is commonly employed in the plant sciences because its genetic code has been fully mapped. (zmescience.com)
  • For the study, water transport measurements were performed on the roots of Arabidopsis thaliana, which is a 'model plant' for scientists since they can be easily genetically-engineered to interfere with basic processes like water uptake. (scitechdaily.com)
  • To examine the photographic record of Australian plant species, the researchers surveyed 33 major online databases of plant photos. (cosmosmagazine.com)
  • The researchers recommend that a standardised system for scientific plant photography should also be developed, beginning with a requirement in the International Code of Nomenclature for Plants to include at least one field photo where possible in new species descriptions. (cosmosmagazine.com)
  • The Southampton researchers, led by Dr Tom Gernon, working with Queen's University Canada, led by Dr Christopher Spencer, and colleagues at the University of Cambridge, the University of Aberdeen, and the China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, studied the effects of land plant evolution on Earth's chemical composition over the past 700 million years. (southampton.ac.uk)
  • To do so, the researchers first performed a phylogenetic analysis of the TPC genes in the green plant lineage. (sciencedaily.com)
  • By CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing, the researchers developed mutant plants that didn't contain functional TPC1, TPC2, or TPC3 genes and double mutant plants that lack functions of both TPC2 and TPC3 genes. (sciencedaily.com)
  • After the plants had grown for 20 days, researchers harvested the plants and prepared to study the plant RNA. (kmuw.org)
  • The researchers expected plants' plasticity to be very different based on whether they live in deserts, which may get less than an inch of rainfall per year, or rainforests, which may receive more than 10 feet. (phys.org)
  • The researchers found that generally in the Northern Hemisphere, warmer temperatures will mean less summer plant productivity by 2070 for most regions below 60° N-the approximate latitude of Oslo, Norway, and Anchorage, Alaska. (the-scientist.com)
  • Anping Chen, a study coauthor and ecologist at Colorado State University, explains in an email that researchers rely more on the first method because it takes into account factors like elevated CO 2 levels, changes in precipitation, and the acclimation of plants to warming. (the-scientist.com)
  • The inability to monitor water uptake inside roots - without damaging the specimen - has been a key stumbling block for researchers seeking to understand the motion of fluids in living plant cells and tissues. (scitechdaily.com)
  • Co-lead, Malcolm Bennett, Professor of Plant Sciences at the University, said, "This innovative technique is a real game-changer in plant science - enabling researchers to visualize water movement at a cell and second scale within living plant tissues for the very first time. (scitechdaily.com)
  • The researchers are working towards a commercial path for their hydrodynamic Raman imaging technique, and have just applied for funding with four UK and EU agriculture companies to look at tracers that move from plant leaves to roots to understand both directions of water transport. (scitechdaily.com)
  • According to ARS, as a proof-of-concept, researchers showed that nanobodies targeting the SARS-CoV-2 virus could be made in plant cells and remain functional in blocking the binding of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein to its receptor protein: the process responsible for initiating viral infection in human cells. (lawbc.com)
  • The researchers used CRISPR-Cas9 technology and targeted the strigolactone hormone, which is responsible for turning off branching in the plant. (isaaa.org)
  • AsianScientist (Jan. 13, 2017) - Researchers have developed an artificial leaf that mimics underwater photosynthesis of aquatic plants to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. (asianscientist.com)
  • We warmly invite BECC researchers to an action group for advancing theory development through increased collaboration between modellers and empirical scientists. (lu.se)
  • I collaborate with researchers in more than 20 countries as well as plant breeders at Nordic Seed. (lu.se)
  • Ever since Darwin first described the 'abominable mystery' behind the rapid explosion of flowering plants in the fossil record, evolutionary biologists have been trying to understand the genetic and genomic basis of the astounding diversity of plant species," said Rob DeSalle, a corresponding author on the paper and a curator in the Museum's Division of Invertebrate Zoology who conducts research at the Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics. (nyu.edu)
  • Tony Trewavas at the University of Edinburgh takes a more pragmatic position: "Most plant biologists are open to new concepts. (the-scientist.com)
  • Until now, biologists believed that representatives of plants could possess such very complex abilities, but now we have convincing evidence of this. (moviesonline.ca)
  • Bartlett said the finding is good news for plant biologists. (phys.org)
  • Now, a team of scientists is wondering if they can protect us from climate change as well. (latimes.com)
  • Bill Gates says it's 'complete nonsense' that planting trees can solve climate change. (flipboard.com)
  • As well as cutting carbon emissions to limit climate change, scientists in Switzerland have reported that increasing the amount of forest on the planet should also be a major priority. (thenakedscientists.com)
  • The research will improve predictions of which plant species will survive the increasingly intense droughts associated with global climate change. (phys.org)
  • Predicting how plants will respond to climate change is crucial for their conservation. (phys.org)
  • While the higher temperatures and CO 2 levels associated with climate change currently fuel plant productivity, a study finds that changing conditions could take a toll on photosynthesis rates in regions outside the Arctic within a decade. (the-scientist.com)
  • But new research published May 30 in Nature Climate Change estimates that summer warming in this region will begin to have the opposite effect within the next half-century, causing photosynthesis-or plant productivity-to decline. (the-scientist.com)
  • Scientists are discovering new plants across the globe, but about one out of five plants are at risk of becoming extinct, due to climate change, human development and other threats to the environment. (kbia.org)
  • Carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants contribute significantly to the risks of climate change. (ucsusa.org)
  • During the growing season, plants pull more than 100 gigatons of carbon out of the atmosphere through the process of photosynthesis. (latimes.com)
  • We don't want to change photosynthesis, because plants are already so good at it," said Joanne Chory , a plant biologist at Salk who is leading the initiative. (latimes.com)
  • Plants that have a lower turgor loss point can lose more water before wilting, and can keep open their pores, or stomata, to take up carbon dioxide for photosynthesis in drier soils. (phys.org)
  • Scientists used two different ways of estimating the effects of rising summer temperatures on productivity: models that represent photosynthesis based on a variety of environmental factors, and climate models combined with extrapolations from historical observations of the thermal tolerance of wild plants. (the-scientist.com)
  • Noel and team found that chalcone-isomerase cousins bundles in the chloroplast, the specialized part of the plant cell responsible for photosynthesis and production of essential fatty acids including omega-3 fatty acids. (isaaa.org)
  • Plant scientists have found a way to 'hack' photosynthesis. (euronews.com)
  • Four unmodified plants (left) grow beside four plants (right) that were genetically engineered to make the process of photosynthesis more efficient. (euronews.com)
  • Humans owe a lot to photosynthesis , the process by which green plants turn water and carbon dioxide into the food we eat and the air we breathe. (euronews.com)
  • Now scientists have found a way to "hack" photosynthesis, using genetic engineering techniques to reprogram plants' biochemical machinery to enable them to grow bigger and faster. (euronews.com)
  • This is essentially anti-photosynthesis, and the plant produces a toxic compound that it has to recycle and detoxify," said Donald Ort, a plant biologist at the University of Illinois and the study's senior author. (euronews.com)
  • Medscape has a detailed explanation of chlorophyll, but all you really need to know is that it's the secret to that cool thing plants do: photosynthesis, or turning sunlight into energy. (medscape.com)
  • EPSO Newsletter Autumn 2023 issue - featuring EPSO's response to EC's NGT plants proposal, General Meeting in Düsseldorf, EPSO Young Plant Scientist award 2024, Working Groups, members' news, jobs, events & more! (epsoweb.org)
  • If the same kind of tweak can work for food crops like wheat and soybeans, the scientists say, it could help farmers around the world produce enough food to sustain a growing global population . (euronews.com)
  • Fundamentally, the process by which plants are able to thrive and become productive crops is based on how well it can take up water and how well it can manage that process. (scitechdaily.com)
  • The robot is designed to sow, prune and harvest crops, even in densely planted areas without interfering with nearby plants. (pakistangulfeconomist.com)
  • But growing so many different types of crops, especially in high-density, requires more time and precision to care for each type of plant without disrupting other nearby plants with different needs. (pakistangulfeconomist.com)
  • Scientists plan to plant more thale cress before possibly moving on to other vegetation. (kgun9.com)
  • Rob Ferl, left, and Anna-Lisa Paul view sprouted plants. (zmescience.com)
  • Over the last year, Christ and an international team of scientists--led by Paul Bierman at UVM, Joerg Schaefer at Columbia University and Dorthe Dahl-Jensen at the University of Copenhagen--have studied these one-of-a-kind fossil plants and sediment from the bottom of Greenland. (eurekalert.org)
  • A team of scientists have developed a robot, called SynRobo, to help care for a variety of plants growing beneath solar panels. (pakistangulfeconomist.com)
  • Consequently, a team of scientists led by Takuya Otani, an assistant professor at Waseda University in Tokyo, in collaboration with Sustainergy Company and Sony CSL, developed a robot made specifically to work within a Synecoculture system. (pakistangulfeconomist.com)
  • MicroRNAs are tiny ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecules (~22 nucleotides long) that recently have been found to play important roles in regulating gene expression in eukaryotic organisms, including plants and animals. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Photos are an important part of documenting plant species for botanists and taxonomists - scientists who name, describe, and classify organisms. (cosmosmagazine.com)
  • All organisms show some degree of plasticity, but because they're stationary, plants are especially dependent on this ability. (phys.org)
  • Genetic engineering can be done with plants, animals, or bacteria and other very small organisms. (medlineplus.gov)
  • On November 30, 2022, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) announced that its scientists have determined that plants could be used to produce nanobodies that quickly block emerging pathogens in human medicine and agriculture. (lawbc.com)
  • Auxin influences development by affecting the expression of numerous genes that control the processes of cell division and cell expansion in specific plant tissues at specific stages during the plant life cycle - e.g. for leaves, roots, and floral organs to develop in the correct patterns and correct time sequence. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Research reported in The Plant Cell shows that microRNAs control the accumulation of transcription factor proteins that regulate the expression of genes in the auxin response pathway. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The plants showed increased accumulation of ARF17 mRNA and altered levels of mRNAs corresponding to several genes that may be regulated by ARF17. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The Apollo 11 plants expressed changes in 465 genes, while Apollo 12 plants expressed 265 genes at different rates and Apollo 17 plants 113. (space.com)
  • This new approach, called "functional phylogenomics," allows scientists to reconstruct the pattern of events that led to the vast number of plant species and could help identify genes used to improve seed quality for agriculture. (nyu.edu)
  • The research, performed by members of the New York Plant Genomics Consortium, was funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Plant Genome Program to identify the genes that caused the evolution of seeds, a trait of important economic interest. (nyu.edu)
  • When the team altered the genes coding for the chalcone-isomerase cousins, reproductive changes became evident in the plants. (isaaa.org)
  • The changes in the genes had an effect on the seed-oil content, which is important for energy stores of the plant embryo, for human nutrition, and for new kinds of renewable fuels. (isaaa.org)
  • The scientists didn't modify the enzyme but changed the plants' DNA by inserting genes that simplify and speed up the detoxification process. (euronews.com)
  • The scientists worked initially with tobacco plants because they grow quickly and have genes that are easy to manipulate, Ort said. (euronews.com)
  • Genetically engineered (GE) foods have had their DNA changed using genes from other plants or animals. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Genetic engineering allows scientists to move desired genes from one plant or animal into another. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Genes can also be moved from an animal to a plant or vice versa. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Their widely recognized and appreciated article, which discusses this study in detail, was first published online in December 2021 and subsequently in print in the February issue in Plant and Cell Physiology. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The expert scientist with gloves checking cannabis plants in a greenhouse. (vecteezy.com)
  • Cannabidiol (CBD) is a chemical in the Cannabis sativa plant. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Scientists believe that cannabinoids protect the cannabis plant itself from insects, bacteria, fungi, and environmental stressors. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Cannabis sativa, the scientific name of the most discussed herbaceous plant in the media today has a fascinating history and has been used by humanity for millennia. (bvsalud.org)
  • Images showing how trees grow more strongly when planted in diverse forests, compare the size of the trees at 11-years-old. (weforum.org)
  • James Rudoni, the head of Wisley, told the Times: "One of the primary functions of the RHS is scientific research into plants and how to get them to grow better. (telegraph.co.uk)
  • New research has found that 20 percent of all native Australian plant species don't have a verifiable photograph in their natural habitat. (cosmosmagazine.com)
  • Through the iNaturalist platform citizen scientists can upload their plant pics to be identified by experts, and the data can be shared with aggregators like the Atlas of Living Australia and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility to be used in scientific research and conservation. (cosmosmagazine.com)
  • Ultimately, research into electrical signaling flourished in animals and withered in plants. (the-scientist.com)
  • With their eye on future research, they also aim to use insights from the evolutionary history of plants for improving plant growth and defence mechanisms against biotic and abiotic stresses. (sciencedaily.com)
  • If you told somebody that plants can feel pain , you might think they are nuts, but the truth is - an enormous amount of research has been conducted by plant scientists, and much of it clearly shows how plants have some remarkable abilities to react to and sense the world around them. (bibliotecapleyades.net)
  • Flora is still a big mystery to us , but more and more of her research is showing that plants are more like animals than we all think. (moviesonline.ca)
  • Calvo suggests that early research suggests that beans are an interesting plant for showing awareness. (moviesonline.ca)
  • The research was conducted in concert with scientists at Harvard University and funded by the Harvard-Nanyang Technological University/Singapore Sustainable Nanotechnology Initiative. (labmanager.com)
  • Conduct research into the use of plant species as green fuels or in the production of green fuels. (onetcodeconnector.org)
  • The research could also have implications for plants growing in harsh conditions on Earth, he added. (kmuw.org)
  • We planted them, walked away for a couple of days and then when we first went back in to take a look, it was amazing to see that every plant group, all the seedlings germinated," said Paul, who is also the director for the University of Florida's Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research. (kmuw.org)
  • Previous research by the UCLA team revealed the key mechanism plants use to adjust their turgor loss point during drought. (phys.org)
  • It's an interesting paper," says Kai Zhu, an environmental scientist at the University of California, Santa Cruz, who was not involved in the research. (the-scientist.com)
  • The historical observation-based approach pushed this timeframe much earlier, coauthor Brendan Rogers, an Earth system scientist at the Woodwell Climate Research Center in Massachusetts, tells The Scientist . (the-scientist.com)
  • Previous research has shown that plants can increase their resistance to drought in response to sound, making this question likely for further study. (lankaweb.com)
  • Their paper has just been published in Nature Plants and on a website providing complete access to the genome and its annotation, which will assist the global scientific community's research into the plant. (lincoln.ac.nz)
  • Lincoln University Associate Professor in Plant Genomics and Molecular Biology, Dr Chris Winefield , is an associate investigator in the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Plant Success in Nature & Agriculture. (lincoln.ac.nz)
  • He worked with a team led by the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) to determine the genome sequences of two strains of native Australian tobacco Nicotiana benthamiana , a plant used worldwide for fundamental research and biotechnology. (lincoln.ac.nz)
  • This enabled huge advances in medical science and diagnostics, and determining the sequence of the N. benthamiana genome has the potential to similarly aid biotechnological and agricultural research and plant-based production of vaccines and therapeutics. (lincoln.ac.nz)
  • The plant is one of the most important model plant species in the world, sought out by an ever-increasing number of research laboratories for a range of studies, due in part to its ease of growth and ease to genetic transformation. (lincoln.ac.nz)
  • Robert Blankenship, a biochemist at Washington University in St. Louis who wasn't involved with the research, called the results "impressive" and said the Illinois scientists' feat is a major advance. (euronews.com)
  • Study lead, Dr. Kevin Webb from the Optics and Photonics Research Group, explains, "To observe water uptake in living plants without damaging them, we have applied a sensitive, laser-based, optical microscopy technique to see water movement inside living roots non-invasively, which has never been done before. (scitechdaily.com)
  • While developing the method, the research initially focused on plant cells, which are about 10 times the size of human cells and therefore more easily observed. (scitechdaily.com)
  • In my research I try to understand molecular process in plants related to design of plant architecture, time to flowering, chlorophyll biosynthesis and wax biosynthesis. (lu.se)
  • 2003-2008: Research scientist in Enzymology employed by the Swedish Research Council. (lu.se)
  • Determining how plants coped with life after Chernobyl could help scientists engineer radiation-resistant plants, Hajduch says. (newscientist.com)
  • But there are differences between the Zaporizhzhia plant and the Chernobyl plant. (thebulletin.org)
  • Last month, the severity rating of the nuclear plant accident at Fukushima was raised to a Level 7 nuclear crisis, the same category as Chernobyl. (cnic.jp)
  • A semiconductor engineer from Japan and a plant physiologist from Australia are among this year's Kyoto Prize laureates. (asianscientist.com)
  • Farquhar, the recipient of the Kyoto Prize in Biological Sciences, is a plant physiologist and distinguished professor at the Australian National University. (asianscientist.com)
  • It's not just a question of throwing trees on the ground and planting trees and wishing for the best. (thenakedscientists.com)
  • Another encounter with the deep past which stays with me was that I had often been taken to Kew Gardens and shown plants which existed and covered the earth, ferns, cycads, ginkgo trees, long before there were flowering plants. (webofstories.com)
  • Planting trees and hunting for water were ratory, 50 L media was inoculated so a mass of tubercle among his prime pleasures. (cdc.gov)
  • Scientists at NYU's Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, the American Museum of Natural History, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, and the New York Botanical Garden have created the largest genome-based tree of life for seed plants to date. (nyu.edu)
  • The sequences of the plants' genomes-all of the biological information needed to build and maintain an organism, encoded in DNA-were either culled from pre-existing databases or generated, in the field and at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx, from live specimens. (nyu.edu)
  • Plants all over the world are more sensitive to drought than many experts realized, according to a new study by scientists at UCLA and China's Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden. (phys.org)
  • For the past year, a researcher at the Missouri Botanical Garden has been collecting samples from hundreds of plants in the garden. (kbia.org)
  • The Missouri Botanical Garden has one of the world's largest collections of plants, which makes it a valuable resource for the Smithsonian's project, garden researcher Mónica Carlsen-Krause said. (kbia.org)
  • The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) requested that the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) address health-related issues associated with the Y-12 Weapons Plant at the Oak Ridge Reservation. (cdc.gov)
  • Specifically, ATSDR was asked to comment on the health threat posed by past and present chemical releases, primarily mercury and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), from the Y-12 Weapons Plant, which have contaminated East Fork Poplar Creek. (cdc.gov)
  • My "Meet the Scientist" series brings you conversations with NCEH/ATSDR scientists that aim to give you a sense of the talented people who are working to keep you safe and secure from those things in the environment that threaten our nation's health. (cdc.gov)
  • The plants showed visible and genetic signs of "stressful" growing conditions. (space.com)
  • When they grouped the plants by appearance, they found that plants which looked the worst - tiny and a reddish-black color - also had the most genetic changes associated with stress. (space.com)
  • The fact that the plants had serious trouble growing the regolith could also be seen in the plants' genetic activity. (zmescience.com)
  • If we go back to the sample in the repository, at least we have some information about what the plant looked like and what was the genetic makeup of this plant that then we can bring back to life. (kbia.org)
  • Using genetic engineering, scientists were able to boost the growth of tobacco plants by up to 40 percent. (euronews.com)
  • Genetic engineering allows scientists to select one specific gene to implant. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Presently I teach at the courses BioR31 Molecular Biotechnology, BIOR76 Plant Function, BIOB10 Botany, EXTA70 The Biology of the Cell, and BIOA11 Genetic and Evolution. (lu.se)
  • The Camp Century scientists were focused on the ice itself--part of the burgeoning effort at the time to understand the deep history of Earth's ice ages. (eurekalert.org)
  • Scientists at the University of Southampton have discovered that the evolution of land plants caused a sudden shift in the composition of Earth's continents. (southampton.ac.uk)
  • The proliferation of plants completely transformed Earth's biosphere - those parts of the planet's surface where life thrives - paving the way for the advent of dinosaurs about 200 million years later. (southampton.ac.uk)
  • The team uncovered compelling evidence for a dramatic shift in the composition of rocks making up Earth's continents, which coincides almost precisely with the onset of land plants. (southampton.ac.uk)
  • The ethanolic extracts of the plant were examined for the presence of bioactive components and their total flavonoid content, with focusing on quercetin detection using thin layer bioautography (TLB) and brine shrimp lethality assay (BSLA) for cytotoxicity. (who.int)
  • Their findings plot the evolutionary relationships of 150 different species of plants based on advanced genome-wide analysis of gene structure and function. (nyu.edu)
  • He also noted that growing plants on the moon could have other potential uses, including purifying air, removing carbon dioxide humans breathe out and producing clean water. (space.com)
  • Ever since humans first walked the earth, we have relied on plants for our survival. (latimes.com)
  • While the idea is controversial, exploring plant awareness can help us investigate and understand consciousness in the human brain, and question whether humans are as special as we like to think. (moviesonline.ca)
  • anyway Plants do not have nervous systems like animals do And we humans have evolved something very similar to it over millions of years. (moviesonline.ca)
  • It seems that Roald Dahl did guess something: when plants are harmed, they emit sound signals - not exactly as humans or animals do when they make screams, but in the form of beeping or clicking sounds at ultrasonic frequencies that go beyond human hearing. (lankaweb.com)
  • They assess the safety of GE foods to humans, animals, plants, and the environment. (medlineplus.gov)
  • When these blooms become harmful to the environment, animals, and humans, scientists call them cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (CyanoHABs). (cdc.gov)
  • All the plants grown in the lab-made volcanic ash grew notably faster and larger than any of those in the lunar soils. (space.com)
  • Plants caused fundamental changes to river systems, bringing about more meandering rivers and muddy floodplains, as well as thicker soils," says Dr Christopher Spencer, Assistant Professor at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, lead author of the study. (southampton.ac.uk)
  • or study the chemical, physical, biological, and mineralogical composition of soils as they relate to plant or crop growth. (onetcodeconnector.org)
  • Develop ways of altering soils to suit different types of plants. (onetcodeconnector.org)
  • Perform chemical analyses of the microorganism content of soils to determine microbial reactions or chemical mineralogical relationships to plant growth. (onetcodeconnector.org)
  • Some of the plants grown in the lunar soils were smaller, grew more slowly, and had shorter roots, indicating stunted growth. (zmescience.com)
  • On the other hand, plants grown in comparatively less mature soils fared better. (zmescience.com)
  • Growing plants in lunar soils may also change the soils themselves. (zmescience.com)
  • Notably, the scientists also found that the chemical characteristics of zircon crystals generated at this time indicate a significant slowing down of sediment transfer to the oceans, just as they had hypothesised. (southampton.ac.uk)
  • Medicinal plants used by traditional medical practitioners (TMP) to treat cancers are considered safe when used alone or combined with conventional therapy to ensure their effectiveness and eliminate the toxic effects of orthodox medicines. (who.int)
  • Using cytotoxic and antioxidant studies, the study attempted to assess some of the commonly used medicinal plants used to cure cancer among Yoruba people in Ogun, Oyo, Osun, and Lagos (South-West, Nigeria). (who.int)
  • A Lincoln University researcher is part of an international collaboration that has determined the complete genome sequence of a plant used to make COVID vaccine candidates. (lincoln.ac.nz)
  • MoBot researcher Mónica Carlsen-Krause and her intern, Gabrielle McAuley, are collecting plants in the garden's greenhouse, the Climatron, that they're sending to the Smithsonian for long-term preservation. (kbia.org)
  • Dr. Catherine Bellini at The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Umeå, Sweden and colleagues at several other institutions noticed that the ago1 mutant failed to form adventitious roots - a type of root that develops from aerial parts of the plant and is important for propagation through cuttings. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The scientists are now using their newly developed and patented Symbiont TM technology to show that nanobodies can be easily produced in a plant system with broad agricultural and public health applications. (lawbc.com)
  • The ability to take plants successfully with us to the moon is… how we'll grow our own food [and] how we'll stay there for a while without resupply," Robert Ferl, a professor of horticultural sciences at the University of Florida and an author of the study, said in a virtual news conference held on Wednesday (May 11). (space.com)
  • Two decades after the Prince of Wales revealed that he talked to plants the Royal Horticultural Society is conducting a study into how they are affected by the human voice. (telegraph.co.uk)
  • The group selected 150 representative species from all of the major seed plant groups to include in the study. (nyu.edu)
  • A new study has revealed which plants these VIPs (very important pollinators) make a beeline for, so you can grow their favorite flora and help these fuzzy fussy eaters thrive. (flipboard.com)
  • The study of plants and other life-forms on the planet is shedding light on concepts that were already known in our ancient world. (bibliotecapleyades.net)
  • It's also interesting to note that there was a study published in 1968, in the International Journal of Parapsychology by a CIA veteran that claimed to show evidence that plants respond to human emotions and thoughts. (bibliotecapleyades.net)
  • Using eight Earth system models, the study found that under intermediate projected emissions conditions, about 48 percent of vegetated land in the Northern Hemisphere will experience a decline in plant productivity due to warming by 2060, rising to 78 percent by the end of this century. (the-scientist.com)
  • According to a recent study, this phenomenon may be the means by which plants communicate their plight to the outside world. (lankaweb.com)
  • In addition to the robot, which the scientists shared in a recently published study for the journal Agriculture, the team developed innovative methods for more efficient seeding. (pakistangulfeconomist.com)
  • These changes were correlated with dramatic development defects in leaves, roots, and flowers, showing that microRNA-mediated regulation of ARF17 is essential for normal plant development. (sciencedaily.com)
  • All plants make a substance called suberin that protects their roots. (latimes.com)
  • Plants that grow in salt water produce a lot of suberin because it helps regulate how much salt is absorbed by their roots. (latimes.com)
  • To create the reprogrammed plants, Cavanagh and her colleagues zeroed in on RuBisCO , an enzyme plants use to capture carbon dioxide from the air and convert it into stems, leaves, roots and other plant matter. (euronews.com)
  • The plants grew better in the Apollo 12 sample, which was less mature, and in the Apollo 17 sample, which was the least mature. (space.com)
  • Little has been known about the degree to which plastic changes might allow plants to endure worsening droughts. (phys.org)
  • Drawing on both new data they produced and previously reported data for hundreds of species, the scientists determined the overall picture of how much plant species adjust their cell sap saltiness to maintain turgor and continue to grow during drought. (phys.org)
  • As a result of the modification, the plants were able to grow bigger and more rapidly - a result seen in plants grown in the field as well as in greenhouses. (euronews.com)
  • The algorithm successfully distinguished between these sounds and even identified the types of plants that made them. (lankaweb.com)
  • While plants have been successfully grown on the International Space Station the finding is critical for long-distance travel. (zmescience.com)
  • The title of his doctoral thesis was The movement of plant growth regulators and herbicides. (wikipedia.org)
  • The plant hormone indole-3-acetic acid (IAA), commonly referred to as auxin, plays a major role in regulating plant growth and development. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Trevor Cox, a professor of acoustics at the University of Salford, told the Times: "It appears that low-frequency sound might vibrate the plant and so affect its growth. (telegraph.co.uk)
  • Conduct experiments to investigate the underlying mechanisms of plant growth and response to the environment. (onetcodeconnector.org)
  • Provide information or recommendations to farmers or other landowners regarding ways in which they can best use land, promote plant growth, or avoid or correct problems such as erosion. (onetcodeconnector.org)
  • The detoxification process requires plants to expend a lot of energy, meaning they have less to devote to growth. (euronews.com)
  • Roger John Field ONZM (born 5 July 1946) is a retired New Zealand plant scientist and university administrator. (wikipedia.org)
  • Born in Birmingham, England, on 5 July 1946, Field completed a joint honours degree in botany and zoology at the University of Hull, and a PhD in plant science, also at Hull. (wikipedia.org)
  • Field was appointed as a lecturer in plant science at Lincoln College (now Lincoln University) in 1970, and became a naturalised New Zealand citizen in 1977. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 2019, University of Vermont scientist Andrew Christ looked at it through his microscope--and couldn't believe what he was seeing: twigs and leaves instead of just sand and rock. (eurekalert.org)
  • A scientist from the University of Maine explained what is and isn't known about PFAS to more than a dozen attendees Friday at the Excelsior Grange in Poland. (sunjournal.com)
  • POLAND - A scientist from the University of Maine tackled one of the more well publicized - but far less understood - issues facing many Mainers: forever chemicals. (sunjournal.com)
  • Eric Davies of North Carolina State University writes via E-mail: "Those in favor (believers) say that "neuro" is a plant word for fiber stolen by the animal people. (the-scientist.com)
  • Such discoveries were published some time ago by scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. (moviesonline.ca)
  • In the meantime, scientists from the University of Murcia, under the leadership of Paco Calvo, decided to delve into the topic further and verify it Whether plants are unaware . (moviesonline.ca)
  • Scientist Joseph Noel and colleagues at Iowa State University reported an interesting discovery in a family of plant proteins known as chalcone-isomerase. (isaaa.org)
  • These included the Lewis Thomas Prize given by Rockefeller University, which recognizes the scientist as poet. (webofstories.com)
  • In a series of experiments at the University of Illinois, the genetically modified tobacco plants grew up to 40 percent bigger than ordinary tobacco plants. (euronews.com)
  • Hiromitsu INO (Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo, Metallurgy), the Head of The Group of Concerned Scientists and Engineers Calling for the Closure of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant, and Tamotsu SUGENAMI, the Secretary, are responsible for finalizing the statement. (cnic.jp)
  • A citizen scientist taking photos of plants in the field. (cosmosmagazine.com)
  • This is where citizen scientists can come in and help us fill this gap with their photos. (cosmosmagazine.com)
  • This is where citizen scientists come in. (cosmosmagazine.com)
  • Citizen scientists can play an important role in building out the photographic record of native flora. (cosmosmagazine.com)
  • Before that, she corralled robots and citizen scientists for the World Science Festival in New York City and spent a brief stint booking guests for Science Friday's live events in 2013. (kbia.org)
  • This can have consequences for the many species which are difficult to identify in the wild, which may go extinct if scientists cannot properly identify them with the help of photos. (cosmosmagazine.com)
  • Carlsen-Krause, who is prioritizing plants that are threatened and endangered, said saving samples is important in case the species become extinct. (kbia.org)
  • To investigate this question, they recorded the sounds of tomato and tobacco plants in various conditions: unloaded, dehydrated, and with the stems cut off. (lankaweb.com)
  • The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere consistently drops during the Northern Hemisphere's spring and summer, when plants are growing across the large land masses of North America, Europe and Asia. (latimes.com)
  • Since the 1980s, climate warming, prompted by rising levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere, has caused an increase in plant productivity in the Northern Hemisphere outside the tropics. (the-scientist.com)
  • He rose to become professor of plant science in 1986. (wikipedia.org)
  • However, a confused understanding of science is perpetuated by the mainstream media, which thrives on generating the illusion of controversy (e.g., both sides of a scientific issue are given equal weight even if 99 percent of scientists accept a theory and the 1 percent of dissenters are not even trained in the relevant field). (grist.org)
  • For those interested, Realclimate.org is a site run by climate scientists aimed at disseminating climate science, not politics, to the general public. (grist.org)
  • And leave the science to the scientists. (grist.org)
  • Asian Scientist Magazine is an award-winning science and technology magazine that highlights R&D news stories from Asia to a global audience. (asianscientist.com)
  • 2014 Guest Professor, Copenhagen Plant Science Center, Denmark. (lu.se)
  • Frontiers in Plant Science. (lu.se)
  • Dr. Bellini and her colleagues found that the mutant plants over-accumulate ARF17 mRNA within the hypocotyl, pointing to ARF17 as a major regulator of adventitious rooting and microRNA-mediated regulation as a major regulator of ARF17. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Unlike the type 1 TPC gene, which is well conserved in all land plants, type 2 TPCs were found in algal species. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Instead, they found relatively small differences across ecosystems, meaning that plants are potentially vulnerable no matter where they live, the scientists said. (phys.org)
  • After the raphy that documents Dubos's early life and progression story appeared in the New Yorker, I found the front portion into one of the 20th century's great scientist-philosophers. (cdc.gov)
  • The first reference found related to the therapeutic use of the plant data from 2700 B.C. and is present in the pharmacopoeia of the Chinese Emperor Shen-Nung, where this plant was recommended in the treatment of malaria, rheumatic pain, in irregular and painful menstrual cycles. (bvsalud.org)
  • A few years ago, Hadani and her colleagues demonstrated that plants are capable of perceiving sound. (lankaweb.com)
  • After the 1986 meltdown, it took plants several generations to fully adapt to the new conditions, Hajduch says. (newscientist.com)
  • The Smithsonian's Global Genome Initiative aims to have samples from every plant species on the planet, so scientists can learn about them and use them to solve human and environmental problems. (kbia.org)
  • Plants are masters of plasticity, changing their size, branching patterns, leaf colors and even their internal biochemistry to adjust to changes in climate," said Lawren Sack, a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology in the UCLA College and the study's senior author. (phys.org)
  • This design was inspired by marine plants which do not receive the full spectrum of sunlight under the sea. (asianscientist.com)
  • the UPSC Symposium for Early Career Plant Scientists in Umeå. (epsoweb.org)
  • Ferns were some of the first land plants to colonise the continents. (southampton.ac.uk)
  • At the garden, plants from different continents are located just a few feet of each other. (kbia.org)
  • Scientists are beginning to see some correlation between PFAS contamination and the originating water treatment plant, Kersbergen said. (sunjournal.com)
  • To hold up the cell walls, plants depend on "turgor pressure"-the pressure produced by internal water pushing against the inside of the cell wall . (phys.org)
  • Plants load their cells with salts, which attract water molecules and limit turgor loss. (phys.org)
  • Nuclear plants require a constant source of electrical power to maintain the systems that cool nuclear fuel in the reactor and the spent fuel pools by circulating water. (thebulletin.org)
  • we can track the sounds made by thirsty plants and give them water before they become severely dehydrated. (lankaweb.com)
  • Will adding water make the mineralogy more hospitable to plants? (zmescience.com)
  • Water plays an essential role as a solvent for nutrients, minerals and other biomolecules in plant tissues. (scitechdaily.com)
  • By scanning a laser in a line across the root while the plant drank, it was possible to see the 'heavy' water moving past via the root tip. (scitechdaily.com)
  • This promises to help us address important questions such as - how do plants 'sense' water availability? (scitechdaily.com)
  • Just as with plants, there are tissues in the human body responsible for handling water, which is crucial to function. (scitechdaily.com)
  • Unlike animals, plants have two types of electrical signaling. (the-scientist.com)
  • Two-pore ion channels are present in many eukaryotes -- both animals and plants. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Two-pore channels (TPCs) are ancient ion channels present in the cells of both animals and plants. (sciencedaily.com)
  • These changes serve as a danger signal to neighboring plants, prompting them to strengthen their defenses or attract animals that are able to cope with pests that harm the affected plant. (lankaweb.com)
  • This involves selecting plants or animals with desired traits and breeding them. (medlineplus.gov)
  • In addition to the FDA, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) regulate bioengineered plants and animals. (medlineplus.gov)
  • However, this TPH measurement or number tells us little about how the particular petroleum hydrocarbons in the sample may affect people, animals, and plants. (cdc.gov)
  • Plant characteristics which can get lost over time, like flower colour, don't degrade in photos like they do in samples. (cosmosmagazine.com)
  • M. polymorpha is a simple model organism that has been used to analyze the common characteristics of land plants. (sciencedaily.com)