Tag: Plants
Researchers Develop Tools to Listen, Talk to Plants with $25M from...
Researchers Develop Tools to Listen, Talk to Plants with $25M from NSF
Through a newly established NSF Science and Technology Center, University of...
Invasive plants are still for sale as garden ornamentals, research shows
Ecologists show that 1,330 nurseries, garden centers and online retailers are still offering hundreds of invasive plant species as ornamental garden plants. This includes...
In blistering drought, California farmers rip up precious almond trees
This year’s historic drought in the western United States is threatening California’s almond production. As much as 88 percent of the state is suffering through “extreme...
Nanobionic spinach plants can detect explosives
By embedding spinach leaves with carbon nanotubes, MIT engineers have transformed spinach plants into sensors that can detect explosives and wirelessly relay that information...
