Plants use sugars to tell the time of day, according to research published in Nature today.
Ash dieback, caused by the Chalara fungus, prompts re-evaluation of current protocols to protect UK trees and other plants; taskforce recommends...
A Cambridge Science Festival lecture on Wednesday (13 March 2013) will look at how plants grow through repeating patterns and discuss what we can...
Dr Beverley Glover has been named as the new Director of Cambridge University Botanic Garden. Dr Glover will take up the post, and the associated...
Unique blue fruit’s colour does not fade even after a century
Cambridge researchers have developed a new technique for measuring and mapping gene and cell activity through fluorescence in living plant tissue.
Newly discovered family of genes could help us breed grasses with improved properties for food and fuel.
Fundamental research on plant development at the Sainsbury Laboratory will help in the future design of optimal crops.
New collaboration aims to address the growing demand for food and fuel by improving the process of photosynthesis.
It was the dawn of an age of prosperity and transformed Britain into an economic superpower but our rose-tinted view of the industrial revolution...
The Bioenergy Initiative is bringing biology and engineering together to address the challenge of meeting our future energy needs.
The study of plants is blossoming in Cambridge, with new facilities, new research and soon a major new institute.
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