As temperatures increase and snowpack declines, many alpine plants are at risk of extinction. Though adapted to harsh ...

Imagine biting into a crisp, garden-fresh salad and savoring juicy strawberries for dessert. But instead of your backyard, ...

Published in New Phytologist, their work is paving the way for growing plants in space, a critical development for sustaining ...

2:00 p.m. Jan. 6, 2023: FormLA Landscaping was incorrectly identified in an earlier version of this story as Form L.A. Landscaping. In case you totally tuned out during the holidays and haven't heard, ...

Student Plant Experiment Takes Root on International Space Station and In Classrooms, NSBRI “A unique science project designed to sow the excitement of scientific discovery in students is sprouting ...

A NASA plant experiment, which consisted of growing and harvesting chile peppers in space, broke a record for feeding the most astronauts from a crop grown in space. The experiment also made history ...

PWM stands for Plant Water Management. A novel way to use hydroponics to grow plants in space – no earth (lower case ?) required! As demonstrated here by Mark (who has great pedagogical skills), and ...

Someday, astronauts may grow food efficiently in space and use plants to clean spaceship air, thanks to a two-year experiment scheduled aboard the International Space Station. The next space shuttle ...

The biology projects of two N.C. State University professors are now aboard the International Space Station and may soon help provide answers about how plants respond to extreme environments. The ...

Basehor-Linwood elementary schools are taking advantage of Linwood Elementary School teacher Lisa Turney’s role as an Astro_moji mission specialist working with a science experiment currently taking ...

NASA is trying to find ways to better grow plants in microgravity environments (aka in outer space). And one of the methods they're looking into is relieving the "stress" on these plants. According to ...