Researchers at the UC Davis, have been awarded a $3 million National Science Foundation grant to develop new technologies and ...

Weeds are a pesky irritant for most home gardeners, but in large agricultural settings, weeds can pose an especially deadly problem. For example, Amaranthus palmeri, known as Palmer's pigweed, has ...

UC Davis researcher Dr. Hiromi Tajima explains how CRISPR-edited wheat boosts natural apigenin to promote nitrogen fixation, ...

Earth's biodiversity is in crisis. An imminent "sixth mass extinction" threatens beloved and important wildlife. It also threatens to reduce the amount of genetic diversity—or variation—within species ...

Henry Grabar has had enough battling knotweed. All he wanted was to build a small garden in Brooklyn—a bit of peace amid the cacophony of city life. But a plant with beet-red leaves soon took over his ...

While some scientists argue that agricultural gene editing regulations are overly restrictive, a new paper from the University of Adelaide emphasises the importance of clear regulations to ensure new ...

Disease-resistant pigs, faster-growing fish and heat-tolerant cows are among a new class of animals that are being ...

Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have developed wheat plants that stimulate production of its own fertilizer, which could bring environmental and cost-reduction benefits. A study was ...

A molecular biologist at the Salk Institute shows me a greenhouse full of plants that use a photosynthesis called C4. Plants with that kind of operating system are better suited to thrive in dry and ...

You've probably heard about the gene-editing technology CRISPR. The massive biotech breakthrough, which has emerged in the last decade, has mainly been touted for the ways it will let scientists edit ...

To make the plants glow, Liu and her fellow researchers injected the leaves of the succulent Echeveria “Mebina” with ...

Nature is full of bioluminescent organisms, such as certain mushrooms emitting a green glow or bluish plankton, but domestic ...