Genetic engineering in roses is a cutting-edge scientific process that involves altering the plant’s DNA to change its ...

Next the researchers are working on soybeans and cowpeas; the latter is “a hugely important food-security crop in African ...

A new study has uncovered a previously unknown plastome structural variation in the variegated plant Dianella tasmanica, ...

A recent study provides new insight into the genetic underpinnings of plant climate adaptation. By combining population genetics and global climate data, the researchers identified genetic ...

Hornworts, a group of small and often overlooked plants, may hold the key to revolutionizing agriculture and combating ...

Genetic engineering is the act of modifying the genetic makeup of an organism. Modifications can be generated by methods such as gene targeting, nuclear transplantation, transfection of synthetic ...

An example is genetically engineered papaya plants in Hawaii, which are resistant to papaya ringspot virus. In the future researchers are hoping to use genetic engineering to be able to overcome ...

Instead of relying on cows to produce casein, the essential protein responsible for milk’s structure and cheese-making ...

Cyanobacteria began contributing oxygen to Earth's mostly noxious atmosphere more than 2 billion years ago. The photosystem ...

Photographs by Maciek Miloch, Set Design by Zuza Slominska, Food Styling by Nadine Page, Prop Styling by Pawel Wyszynski.

You may have heard about the large underground seed vault in Svalbard, Norway, which opened in 2008. But you might be ...