This plant is so extreme that scientists think it could grow on Mars
Mosses are among the great terraformers on Earth, turning barren rocks into fertile soils, and now a team of scientists is proposing that these non-vascular plants can do the same…
NASA Removes Artemis 2 Giant Lunar Rocket Core from Plant for Astronaut Mission (Video)
NEW ORLEANS — The main stage of the first rocket to launch astronauts to the moon in more than 50 years has left its manufacturing facilities and is slated for…
A plant has been found that can grow on Mars
A future civilization on Mars could be accompanied by a very special and resilient little plant.A kind of moss found in the desert — named Syntrichia caninervis— may be able…
Chinese biologist Chai Jiji cracks the puzzle of the plant immune system
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations estimates that between 20 and 40 percent of the world's crop production is lost each year to plant pests and microbial…
Chinese biologist Chai Jiji cracks the puzzle of the plant immune system
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations estimates that between 20 and 40 percent of the world's crop production is lost each year to plant pests and microbial…
Searching for a partner for the “loneliest” plant in the world
Zoom in / Map of a search mission for Encephalartos Woodii in the Ngoye Forest in South Africa. "It is certainly the loneliest organism in the world," paleontologist Richard Forty…
Scientists have discovered the largest known genome in a small plant
Last year, Jaume Pellicer led a team of fellow scientists into a forest on Grande Terre, an island east of Australia. They were looking for a fern called Tmesipteris oblanceolata.…
Meet Neo Px: the super plant that attacks air pollution
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A mesmerizing photo shows a strange, scowling parasitic plant that looks like an owl
A strange, parasitic plant that looks like a scowling owl has won a global photography competition for the best snapshot of a plant or fungus. Nestled in dark soil, the…
Study reveals how sugar-sensing protein acts as ‘machine’ to turn plant growth and oil production on and off
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