Scientists have used CRISPR to give the goldenberry a modern makeover, shrinking the plant by about a third and making it ...

For roughly 10,000 years, farming communities have improved their crops by saving seeds from plants with the best flavor, size, and toughness. This ...

BEIJING -- Chinese scientists have constructed the most comprehensive genetic map of the world's primary cotton crop to date.

BEIJING, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- Chinese scientists have constructed the most comprehensive genetic map of the world's primary cotton crop to date. This breakthrough not only sheds light on how the plant ...

The existing U.S. nuclear power fleet could deliver nine reactors' worth of added capacity. EPRI experts explain how—and what ...

Several years ago, I had the chance to drive around the Dakotas and was struck by the haunting beauty and the sheer immensity ...

We’ve been calling tulips soft for so long that we forgot they were built to outlast cold, obsession, and neglect. The ...

The story of Ukrainian immigration to Canada’s prairies is one of the most remarkable transformations in North American ...

A gene that is important for human hearing could determine whether a dog’s ears are pendulous like a basset hound’s or stubby ...

Texas A&M Department of Horticultural Sciences researchers Ahmed Darwish, Lorenzo Rossi, and Andrej Svyantek are reimagining ...

With 3,000 miles between them — and not much precedent behind the wheel — Stephen Dellaporta, in New Haven, CT, and Tom ...

The global demand for nutritionally enhanced foods has increased, fueling advances in both crop breeding and food technology. The integration of ...