BEIJING, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Chinese scientists have identified two critical genes responsible for sorghum's resistance to Striga, a parasitic plant that causes significant crop losses.

Hugh O'Neill uses neutron beams at ORNL to study biological materials, potentially advancing biofuel production by ...

According to the journal Science, Striga ranks among the world's top seven agricultural pests, alongside wheat stem rust, ...

Chinese scientists have identified two key genes responsible for sorghum's resistance to Striga, a parasitic plant that causes significant crop losses. The breakthrough, which also highlights the ...

In new research published this week, a team led by Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) scientists reveals that symbiotic bacteria often accompany single-celled protists in the ocean’s upper layer. Some ...

Chemists at Emory University have invented a reaction to streamline the total synthesis of a compound, phaeocaulisin A, ...

Synthetic cells that look just like natural cells but are chemically reversed could outcompete other living organisms − with ...

Plants droop and shed their leaves when parched, but with a splash of water, their stems regain strength and their leaves ...

Scientists have discovered that a crucial protein found in plants, called auxin response factor (ARF) first arose about 600 ...

Brian Larkins, an internationally recognized plant biologist and former University of Nebraska-Lincoln administrator, died at his home in Tucson, Arizona.

It feels like the Splinter Cell remake has been on its way for a while now, which isn't helped by the fact it's been over three years since we heard anything official about the game. From what we ...

Understanding how cells transform into specialized types during human development is a central challenge in biology. This complex process, known as cell differentiation, holds the key to ...