Plants are dependent on the sun. Sunlight does not only supply them with energy, but also controls their development steps.

Plants leaves are sealed with a gas-tight wax layer to prevent water loss.

University of Georgia researchers have discovered that two proteins come together in an unexpected way to make a carbohydrate, a chain of sugar molecules, in plant cell walls.

Not only mineral oil and petroleum gas, also phosphorous is a scarce resource.

The discovery of a new gene is helping researchers at Michigan State University envision more-efficient molecular factories of the future.