James W. Satterlee receives funding from the National Science Foundation (IOS-2305651). As any avid gardener will tell you, plants with sharp thorns and prickles can leave you looking like you’ve had ...

Phenotypic plasticity enables plants to adjust their physical traits in response to environmental variations, playing a vital ...

Ghost imaging “creates possibilities for long-timescale dynamic imaging that does not damage live samples,” says laser ...

In a temperate montane forest in southern Québec, all is quiet. But if you dig a little deeper, you'll see the landscape has ...

Sep. 17, 2024 — Consuming moderate amounts of coffee and caffeine regularly may offer a protective effect against developing multiple cardiometabolic diseases, including type 2 diabetes ...

Plants are amazing! Especially when we look ... This short film is relevant for teaching science at KS1 in England and Wales, Foundation and KS1 in Northern Ireland and Early and 1st Level in ...

Plant-Derived Secondary Organic Aerosols Can Act as Mediators of Plant-Plant Interactions Sep. 13, 2024 — A new study reveals that plant-derived secondary organic aerosols (SOAs) can act as ...

which computer scientist Panos Louridas mischievously describes as “the art and science of keeping and revealing secrets.” Far from being a language just for hackers, cryptography is vital to ...

For almost a century, Science News journalists have covered advances in science, medicine and technology for the general public, including the 1925 Scopes “monkey” trial, the advent of the ...

associate professor at Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture at the University of Maryland. Transcripts for each segment will be available after the show airs on sciencefriday.com.

Materials science is an interdisciplinary field concerned with the understanding and application of the properties of matter. Materials scientists study the connections between the underlying ...

Plant genetics deals with heredity in plants, specifically mechanisms of hereditary transmission and variation of inherited characteristics. Plant genetics differs from animal genetics in a number ...