AS we’ve officially entered the frosty winter season, many homeowners will be starting to notice condensation on window sills ...

In order to genetically engineer acetate-eating plants, the researchers are taking advantage of a metabolic pathway that germinating plants use to break down food stored in their seeds. (Photo by Feng ...

When plants fail to sprout in spring, winter is often hastily blamed as the main culprit. In reality, it’s usually several ...

The worst time to water outdoor plants is in the afternoon when the sun causes water to evaporate quickly. Avoid watering outdoor plants in freezing weather as water can freeze around the roots and ...

Kris Niyogi, an Oak Ridge High School graduate, led more than 10 years of research at Berkeley, Calif., that resulted in explanations of how green plants protect themselves from excess sunlight. The ...

Scientists have managed to make plants grow without sunlight. The process uses an artificial method of photosynthesis to let the plants grow in complete darkness. Once improved, it could allow ...

Using sunlight to power our homes and offices is an unaccomplished dream due to the still inefficient technology for a better use of solar energy. The study of photosynthesis in plants could provide ...

A new method predicts leaf optical properties from traits, improving canopy light modeling and photosynthesis estimates in ...

My wife and I visited her cousin, Penny, a few weeks ago and were amazed at an enormous cactus she had in landscape. It was an eastern prickly pear cactus measuring about 100 square feet, loaded with ...