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Plants Reuse Resources from Wilting Flowers for Future Reproduction
A study reveals that *Blandfordia grandiflora* (Christmas Bells) can salvage resources from wilting flowers to enhance future reproduction, challenging previous assumptions about plant resource …
New Insights into Nutrient Transport in Plants: The Role of KNS3 Protein
Researchers at Osaka Metropolitan University have identified the role of the KNS3 protein complex in transporting boric acid channels to the plasma membrane in …
pH sensing: Why plants can’t have it all
pH sensing: Why plants can't have it all Curr Biol. 2022 Oct 24;32 (20):R1039-R1041. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.08.079.ABSTRACTThe mechanisms by which plants sense the pH of …
Fruit flies yield clues to a good night's sleep
New research provides clues to falling fast asleep -- or lying wide awake. While studying fruit flies, researchers observed that the brain neurons adopt …
Role of Ethanol for protecting plants
The researchers have found that simply applying ethanol to plants before heat exposure can increase their tolerance to heat. Of all the plants only …
Dogs can smell stress
Our body smells when it is stressed and dogs can sniff it. The new research reveals how dogs can identify whether humans are in …