Press Releases

Sep

03

2014

Airlock-like transport protein structure discovered

By Carnegie HQ

Audio Stanford, CA —Sugars are an essential source of energy for microrganisms, animals, and humans. They are produced by plants, which convert energy from sunlight into chemical energy in the form of sugars through photosynthesis. These sugars are ...

Aug

27

2014

Carnegie Ranked Top Charity for Thirteenth Year

By Carnegie HQ

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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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

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