Silicon (Si) is one of the most abundant elements on Earth, found in large quantities in soil. While Si is not essential for land plants, many plants, such as rice and grasses, have used Si to develop ...

ABSTRACT: Lianas are distributed as ornamental, perennial plants that are widely used in landscaping and popular all over the world. However, in recent times, ornamental lianas have also been used for ...

Reducing alcohol intake is important for liver health, but the food choices we make can have a big impact, too.

130 years after a fungus-eating plant received its name, a researcher has uncovered the purpose of the structure that inspired its name -- revealing a novel mechanism by which plants ensure ...

Scientists have discovered how plants adapt their root systems in drought conditions to grow steeper into the soil to access ...

Longevity is influenced by several different factors which are out of our control, such as gender and age, but there are ...

The pipe organ inside the University Auditorium is named in honor of Dr. Andrew Anderson, who in 1924 donated $50,000 toward ...

Aluminum stress is an important factor limiting plant growth in acidic soil, and has significant effects on the growth, development and physiological metabolism of Mentha canadensis. However, the ...

Licorice root (Glycyrrhiza glabra) is an herb, native to southern Europe and parts of Asia, with a long history of ...

Argentine Libertarian Congressman Javier Milei said he was in favor of the sale of human organs or transplants because 'it is just another market.' After stirring controversies among authorities ...

The initial radiation of vascular land plants, evidenced by increases in both diversity and morphological disparity during ...

IN 1861 a plan was drawn up in Germany to provide a series of hand-books or text-books on botany, which should treat of the science as it existed at the time; four of these books were completed ...