Tag: plants
January warm spells, March freezes: How plants manage the shift from...
Richard B. Primack, Boston University
Weather patterns across the U.S. have felt like a roller coaster ride for the...
Citizen scientists are filling research gaps created by the pandemic
Theresa Crimmins, University of Arizona; Erin Posthumus, University of Arizona, and Kathleen Prudic, University of Arizona
The rapid spread...
Figs show that nonnative species can invade ecosystems by forming unexpected...
Jared Bernard, University of Hawaii
While surveying the Hawaiian island of Kauai in search of invasive plants in 2017, botanist Kelsey Brock spotted something unusal:...
Plants might be able to tell us about the location of...
Neal Stewart, University of Tennessee
The notion of plants talking to us about dead people sounds like a bad horror movie. But that’s the theme...
When plants and their microbes are not in sync, the results...
Sheng-Yang He, Michigan State University
Many of us have heard about inflammatory bowel disease, a debilitating condition that is associated with an abnormal collection of...
Oleandrin is a deadly plant poison, not a COVID-19 cure
Cassandra Quave, Emory University
With COVID-19 cases and deaths rising in the U.S. and globally, identifying new therapies to prevent and combat the virus is...
Oleandrin is a deadly plant poison, not a COVID-19 cure
Cassandra Quave, Emory University
With COVID-19 cases and deaths rising in the U.S. and globally, identifying new therapies to prevent and combat the virus is...
Duckweed is an incredible, radiation-fighting astronaut food – and by changing...
Barbara Demmig-Adams, University of Colorado Boulder
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
What’s the big idea?
Current industrialized food systems were optimized...
EXPLORING NATURE
Research about global fishing shows value of detailed environmental data, which...
Mark Axelrod, Michigan State University
To help people who are affected by pollution and other environmental harms, it’s common...
