Researchers at Nanjing University have proven that low-cost spectrometers can measure when plants emit red light, which indicates their health.

After weeks of watching young tendrils slowly corkscrew their way toward the sun, Charles Darwin invented a system for making ...

The Plant and Animal Genomics conference recently held in San Diego showcased the ways that rapidly advancing technologies can be used in the crop and livestock sectors ...

Rather than helping each other out when they're attacked, plants may have to eavesdrop on each other to know when to launch ...

Its scientific name is Amorphophallus titanum, which is derived from Ancient Greek and means "giant misshapen penis". When in bloom, the plant's long yellow spadix emits a strong odour ...

The team trained a machine-learning algorithm to analyse the text of the papers and classify the research according to scientific categories laid out by the NIH, such as ‘chronic pain’ or ...

Most plants have at least one common name — often more — and a singular scientific botanical name, which follows a two-part Latinized system. This universal system, first developed by Carl ...

"Our goal is to establish a sustainable and scalable comprehensive scientific experimental facility on the lunar surface and in lunar orbit, capable of long-term autonomous operation and short ...