Based on new analyses of satellite data, scientists have found that hydrologic conditions that increase flash drought risk occur more often than current models predict. The research also shows that ...

In a new study in PNAS, an international team of researchers including scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology has shown that Arabidopsis thaliana plants produce beta-cyclocitral ...

If you have paid any attention to nuclear power plant construction projects over the years, you know that there is a long history of cost overruns and schedule delays on many of them. In fact, many ...

Plants and trees may seem pretty passive, but behind the scenes, their cells are working hard to put on a magic show. In this episode of Crash Course Botany, we’ll explore how the processes of ...

This month, René Floris, NIZO Food Research Division Manager and FoodNavigator advisory panel member, asks Ruud Heshof, Senior Project Manager at NZIO, about the journey to prove the viability of a ...

Every day, food scraps disappear into trash bags, are hauled away and forgotten. But that waste could be turned into something productive. Across the United States, about 97 million metric tons of ...

Arabidopsis thaliana plants produce beta-cyclocitral when attacked by herbivores. This volatile signal inhibits the MEP pathway which is instrumental in plant growth processes, such as the production ...