Researchers are one step closer to understanding how some plants survive without nitrogen. Their work could eventually reduce ...

The red pigments in some fall leaves have proven to be a puzzle for researchers who debate why leaves bother to go red.

Following up on details laid out at the September Fountain Council meeting, Rick Whitney presented further details at the November 4 meeting. Whitney is assisting Public Works Director John Hanson ...

Many plants including cocoa, coffee and avocado cannot be gene-edited but a technique involving grafting could change that, ...

Plant biologists have developed a method for growing transgenic and gene-edited plants that cuts the slow and expensive ...

Despite claims of being humane and painless, the use of nitrogen gas for executions and assisted suicide causes air hunger, panic and violent physiological distress.

Nitrogen metabolism of gut bacteria can provide health benefits. Specifically, gut microbes metabolize dietary nitrates and nitrites and prevent the formation of cancer-causing compounds called ...

Wetlands are an important part of the ecological system, providing a myriad of benefits for people, wildlife and the environment. They also serve as “nature’s kidneys,” filtering out pollutants from ...

Growing use of nitrogen-based fertilisers for food production is increasing emissions of a greenhouse gas 300 times more ...

Researchers at Michigan State University found that this plant rewires its photosynthesis and gene expression to thrive under temperatures that cripple most crops. Its cells and enzymes adapt with ...