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...
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.
Understanding how plants ‘silence’ invading viruses could hold the key to releasing their hidden potential.
How can we feed the world’s expanding population? Should we be using GM technologies more to boost the yield of our crops? How will global warming...
Fundamental research on plant development at the Sainsbury Laboratory will help in the future design of optimal crops.
Beetles use it, birds use it. Plants use it too. Iridescence is the shimmery colour effect that makes things eye-catching.
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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...
Researchers have discovered key plant enzymes that normally make the energy stored in wood, straw, and other non-edible parts of plants difficult to...
The Bioenergy Initiative is bringing biology and engineering together to address the challenge of meeting our future energy needs.
