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Moss Medicines: The Next Revolution in Biotech?

Plant biotechnologists are favoring moss factories over other models to produce certain valuable proteins.

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Engineered Microbes Make Plant Hormones a Sustainable Harvest

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An Ancient Grapevine Uncorks Clues About a Deadly Plant Pathogen

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The Hidden Dance of Plant Fertilization

Mariella Bodemeier Loayza Careaga, PhD | | 2 min read

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Getting to the Root of the Plant Microbiota

Niki Spahich, PhD | | 5 min read

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Plants Defend Themselves Against Heavy Metals

Shelby Bradford, PhD | | 3 min read

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Bioengineering Interkingdom Communication

Hannah Thomasy, PhD | | 2 min read

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How Do Plants Know Which Way is Up?

Hannah Thomasy, PhD | | 2 min read

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Greening the Fight Against Huntington’s Disease

Laura Tran, PhD | | 2 min read

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Chasing the Sun

Aparna Nathan, PhD | | 3 min read

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A New Drug Fixes a Leak Caused by Bacteria

Kamal Nahas, PhD | | 5 min read

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Illuminating the Plant Gene Map

Laura Tran, PhD | | 4 min read

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How the Venus Flytrap Captures Its Prey

Rachael Moeller Gorman | | 5 min read

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CRISPR Trees Could Improve Paper Production

Alejandra Manjarrez, PhD | | 3 min read

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Certain Tree Species Are More Susceptible to Death by Lightning

Hannah Thomasy, PhD | | 2 min read

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Emily CoxandHenry Rathvon | | 2 min read

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Can Plants See? In the Wake of a Controversial Study, the Answer’s Still Unclear

Christie Wilcox, PhD | | 10+ min read

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Plant Biologist Jane Silverthorne Dies at 69

Katherine Irving | | 2 min read

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As Carbon Dioxide Goes Up, Plants’ Nutrient Content Declines

Dan Robitzski | | 5 min read

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Climate Change May Favor Nitrogen-Fixing Plants

Andy Carstens | | 2 min read

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Science Snapshot: Go Forth and Multiply

Lisa Winter | | 1 min read

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Why Did Ferns Persist When All Other Plants Perished?

Amanda Heidt | | 7 min read

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Meet the Algae That Went from Male/Female to Hermaphroditic

Natalia Mesa, PhD | | 2 min read

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