University of California, Riverside, plant biologist Katie Dehesh explains the importance of agricultural research.

Overcooked potatoes and burnt toast contain acrylamide, a potential carcinogen that researchers have struggled to reliably link to human cancers.

Researchers enhance the photosynthetic yield of tobacco plants with genetic engineering.

Sorting the Beef from the Bull, Cheats and Deceits, A Sea of Glass, and Following the Wild Bees

US Food and Drug Administration commissioner Margaret Hamburg is stepping down after six years on the job.

A review of The Scientist’s 2014 special issues, highlighting trending areas of research across the life sciences

See how a ruinous fungus that attacks wheat wreaks its damage.

As rich sources of genetic diversity, the progenitors and kin of today’s food crops hold great promise for improving production in agriculture’s challenging future.

Will the public swallow science’s best solution to one of the most dangerous wheat pathogens on the planet?

New technologies will make it easier to manipulate animal genomes, but food products from genetically engineered animals face a long road to market.