New evidence shows plant leaves absorb airborne microplastics, a previously overlooked route for the particles to enter crops ...

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Once inside the leaf ... pass to herbivores and crop leaves, both of which can be directly consumed by humans. Li and colleagues’ study demonstrates that the absorption and accumulation of atmospheric ...

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AMES, Iowa – Every week, researchers visited a campus greenhouse, pulled out their phones and took video of millet plants, a hardy cereal crop grown around the world ... making this technology very ...

It induces a cancer-like process in plants, causing the cells to grow out of control. Decades of scientific evidence support its danger to human health ... on such staple crops as wheat, apples ...

In October, Ford installed an automated underground system that uses a solar-powered pump to periodically saturate the roots ...

A research team has discovered a new tissue in plants that plays an essential role in seed formation by regulating the flow of nutrients into the seed. The team used their findings to increase the ...

The Once Human Mobile release time is swiftly approaching to bring the horrors of a decimated civilization to your phone, without losing the huge boss battles that has made the game such a blast.