THE first edition of Prof. Stevens's work was reviewed in NATURE for July 9, 1908 (vol. lxxviii., p. 219). The present issue has been enlarged by the addition of a chapter on reproduction, and the ...

The article redefines and classifies the functions of the 10 groups of plant hormones identified to date in the plant world, ...

After several years of experimentation, scientists have engineered thale cress, or Arabidopsis thaliana, to behave like a succulent, improving water-use efficiency, salinity tolerance and reducing the ...

MIT researchers have proposed a method for growing plant-based materials, like wood and fiber, in a lab. The technology is still in early development but might one day help reduce the environmental ...

Grafting is a horticultural technique that joins plants together by means of tissue regeneration, combining desirable characteristics of both plants. Generally, grafts have been thought to be ...

Bioengineers have created miniature intestines in a dish that match up anatomically and functionally to the real thing better than any other lab-grown tissue models. The biological complexity and ...

ACCORDING to the axiom that the greater contains the less, there is justification for the title of the book, but so far as histology is distinguished from anatomy, the contents pertain rather to the ...