Highest-living plant discovered more than 6km above sea level in the Himalayas
Hardy little things too.
Tag: plants
NASA tells us which plants to buy for cleaner air — in 100% infographic format
Plants > Chemicals.
Spinach doped with carbon nanotubes turns into explosive detector
The next generation of monitor sensing could be half plant, half machine.
Some parasitic plants can steal genes then use them against their hosts
That's not very nice.
The surprising reason why Begonia leaves are iridescent blue: energy harvesting
A light scavenger can teach us a lot about energy efficiency.
One it ten UK species faces extinction, State of Nature report warns
You can't take 10% out of something and still expect it to work.
Global warming causes plants and soils to ‘burp’ more CO2
A long-standing assumption that as the planet warms, the biosphere releases more CO2 in a positive feedback loop was confirmed ...
Air pollution confuses bees and hinders foraging
Bees have a very keen sense of smell -- they have to in order to survive. But air pollution is ...
Carrot genome explains why these are orange
Carrots are the richest source of vitamin A in the American diet, which is why you hear "they're good for ...
Trees trade carbon through their roots, using symbiotic fungi networks
A forest's trees capture carbon not only for themselves, but also engage in an active "trade" of sorts with their ...
No web, no worries — spiders also like to eat vegetarian
Spiders' diets aren't limited to juicy insect bits. They spice up their menus with vegetarian courses too, zoologists from the ...
First tomatoes and peas harvested from Mars-like soil
If we want to have a permanent or long-term mission to Mars, then growing crops locally would be very useful.
The International Space Station’s incredible flower garden is in full bloom
This bright orange zinnia was grown in the Vegetable Production System (also known as the gloriously puny "Veggie"), a deployable ...
Plants signal stress like animals do: with neurotransmitters
Plants signal stress when they're affected by drought, high temperatures or a disease using the same chemical and electrical signals ...
Dutch Company Harvests Electricity From Living Plants, Powering Street Lights, Cell Phones and Wi-fi
Forget potato clocks - this is the real deal. Plant-e, a start-up company in the Netherlands created promising new technology ...
Amazing fungus gnat larvae group together to form a ‘snake’ [VIDEO]
Fungus gnats (Bradysia species) – also known as dark-winged fungus gnats, are small, mosquito-like insects often found in homes and ...
The new spring: charts showing different take to global warming
A while ago, Andrei published a post in which he uploaded and spoke about seven key charts that show plain ...
Hidden mathematical rules that govern leaf design uncovered
After performing an exhaustive quantitative research across numerous plant species, scientists at UCLA's College of Letters and Science have found that ...
Science explains why supermarket tomatoes are less tasty than garden grown
(c) S. Zhong and J. Giovannoni A newly published researchers by scientists at University of California Davis and Cornell University ...
Carnivorous plants turn to veggie diet due to pollution
Carnivorous plants may soon have to give up their meaty habits and turn veggie, as a recent study found that ...
Antarctic plant ecosystem threatened by ‘alien’ seeds
Antarctica is home to one of harshest environments in the world, but exactly because of this it exhibit a unique ...
Ice age relics still alive in China’s darkest caves
In the darkest caves of southwest China, one can experience fragments of the long set Ice Age and travel back ...
Perfectly preserved 120 million year old plant found
Named Leefructus, the captioned above perfectly preserved flower is estimated to be 123 to 124 million years old, which makes ...
