Day to day, it might be tempting to take plants for granted. But you'd do so at your peril; our leafy brethren are staggeringly complex, as revealed when they're put under the microscope. To give ...

Spruce bark is rich in phenolic compounds that protect trees from pathogenic fungi. A research team at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology ...

Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...

Tomato development relies on intricate gene regulation, with one of the key genes, SlHAM4, emerging as a critical factor in shoot and fruit growth. In groundbreaking research, mutations in SlHAM4 led ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Most of the businesses located along Canyon Road are devoted to art or dining. The owners of a new enterprise ...

A yellow-bellied sapsucker creates a new row of holes in the xylem of a bitternut hickory tree. (Tami Gingrich photo) With its beech-maple climax forest, it’s no wonder that Geauga County is the ...

A doctor has issued some unusual advice about eating a popular fruit, warning that many of us could be missing out on a whole host of health benefits. According to the expert, you should never remove ...

The last time I went to the doctor, I lived in a different zip code, belonged to a different body-weight category, and was rounding out a different decade. I never consciously swore off health care, ...

What Is a Liver Function Test? A liver function test is one of a group of tests that check levels of certain enzymes and other proteins in your blood. Some of the tests look for enzymes that you’d ...

Over the past 20 years, a large body of evidence has emerged that the phloem is more than just a system for resource distribution in plants. The current data indicate that the phloem serves to unite ...

Your working memory, cognitive flexibility, and self-regulation are core components of executive function (EF), an interrelated set of mental skills that lay the foundation for advanced cognitive ...