This file picture taken on August 4, 2007 shows a genetically modified corn crop near Paillet. AFP PHOTO / JEAN-PIERRE MULLER ...

Europe’s firewall against genetic modification gets a major crack with a new deal on gene-edited crops. Crops tailor-made using new gene-splicing techniques should face fewer regulations than ...

A new study published in Biochar reports that sulfur-modified wheat straw biochar can dramatically reduce the toxic effects ...

Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are RNA transcripts longer than 200 nucleotides that do not code for proteins. Once considered ...

The state approved a change to the Three Basin Rule that will allow the under-construction wastewater treatment plant in Mill ...

Cell division is essential for the correct transmission of genetic information. Each chromosome within a plant contains a ...

European parliamentarians and member state governments of the EU announced that they reached an agreement Wednesday night ...

European Union member states on Wednesday agreed a deal on regulating new genomic techniques in crops. While this promises ...

Painted Mountain is a colorful open pollinated corn that matures quickly. It can be eaten fresh off the cob or left to mature ...

There are plants that are neither green nor sexually reproductive, but precisely because of that they teach us a lot about what it means to be a ...

Even though lucky bamboo is a tropical plant, you can keep yours thriving indoors over winter if you provide it with the ...

KIT researchers succeeded for the first time in reducing the number of chromosomes in a plant using the CRISPR/Cas method – surprisingly without affecting its growth The CRISPR/Cas molecular scissors ...