Aug 22 2014 Calcium and reproduction go together By Carnegie HQ Audio Stanford, CA —Everyone’s heard of the birds and the bees. But that old expression leaves out the flowers that are being fertilized. The fertilization process for flowering plants is particularly complex and requires extensive communication ...
Aug 20 2014 Jan Brown Passes Away on August 16th By admin Jeanette Snyder Brown March 6, 1925 — August 16, 2014
Jun 09 2014 Water found to provide blueprints for root architecture By Carnegie HQ Audio Stanford, CA —Soil is a microscopic maze of nooks and crannies that hosts a wide array of life. Plants explore this environment by developing a complex branched network of roots that tap into scarce resources such as water and nutrients. How ...
Jun 05 2014 MAD: Scientists shed light on braking mechanisms in cellular signaling By Carnegie HQ Audio Stanford, CA — A team of researchers studying a flowering plant has zeroed in on the way cells manage external signals about prevailing conditions, a capability that is essential for cells to survive in a fluctuating environment. Researchers ...
Jun 05 2014 AD: Scientists shed light on braking mechanisms in cellular signaling By admin Stanford, CA — A team of researchers studying a flowering plant has zeroed in on the way cells manage external signals about prevailing conditions, a capability that is essential for cells to survive in a fluctuating environment. Researchers at UC ...
May 15 2014 Communicating with the world across the border By Carnegie HQ Audio Stanford, CA —All living cells are held together by membranes, which provide a barrier to the transport of nutrients. They are also the communication platform connecting the outside world to the cell’s interior control centers. Thousands of ...
May 01 2014 Decoding the chemical vocabulary of plants By Carnegie HQ Audio Stanford, CA —Plants spend their entire lifetime rooted to one spot. When faced with a bad situation, such as a swarm of hungry herbivores or a viral outbreak, they have no option to flee but instead must fight to survive. What is the key to ...
Apr 15 2014 New technique will accelerate genetic characterization of photosynthesis By Carnegie HQ Audio Stanford, CA — Photosynthesis provides fixed carbon and energy for nearly all life on Earth, yet many aspects of this fascinating process remain mysterious. For example, little is known about how it is regulated in response to changes in light ...
Apr 15 2014 Drought hormones measured By Carnegie HQ Audio Stanford, CA—Floods and droughts are increasingly in the news, and climate experts say their frequency will only go up in the future. As such, it is crucial for scientists to learn more about how these extreme events affect plants in order to ...
Mar 16 2014 Nectar: A sweet reward from plants to attract pollinators By Carnegie HQ Audio Stanford, CA — Evolution is based on diversity, and sexual reproduction is key to creating a diverse population that secures competitiveness in nature. Plants had to solve a problem: they needed to find ways to spread their genetic material. ...