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Two-in-one root armor protects plants from environmental stressors and fights climate change
Scientists have created the first single cell genomic atlas of mature plants' outer armor layer, called the periderm, and its carbon-capturing phellem cells. The findings will be useful in creating ...
Garden Q&A: What is a plant standard?
When a shrub that is normally multi-stemmed and rounded/mounding in its growth habit is staked, pruned, and trained into a ...
Gene-expression study reveals 2-in-1 root armor protects plants from environmental stressors, fights climate change
Plants may burrow into the ground and stretch toward the sun, but they're ultimately stuck where they sprout—at the mercy of ...
Beetles in Your Garden: 12 Common Species and What They Mean for Your Plants
Beetles are the most diverse group of organisms on the planet, so you shouldn’t be surprised to find many different kinds thriving in your garden. Here’s how to separate the good, the bad, and the ...
Breaking Ground: Rare Earth Minerals could replace some Tennessee coal jobs
From the campaign trail to the national news, tariffs seem to be talked about everywhere, even the office watercooler.
Space on MSN10d
Food grows better on the moon than on Mars, scientists find
The ground on Mars is full of nitrogen, a vital component for planet life, raising hopes that it might be more hospitable than it appears — but Martian soil is also dense and clay-like, the ...
Garden Guru: Christmas may have passed but the time has come to plant those conifers
The North Pole arborvitae was named Proven Winners' Landscape Shrub of the Year for 2025, and it grows just fine in the South ...
St. Paul nonprofit uses new technology to sequester wood-burning CO2 instead of emitting it
Every pound of wood burned in an open pile releases about 1.8 pounds of CO2 into the air. Creating biochar can put that CO2 ...
Jefferson Public Radio10d
Pollinator gardens rise from the ashes of the Almeda Fire
From Fires to Flowers, a program run by the non-profit Pollinator Project Rogue Valley, creates vibrant gardens in the ...
Tragedy, exploitation, growth, labor. Can Iowa find a middle ground on immigration?
Immigration in Iowa promises state, communities growth, projection shows. But the road's rocky, paved with tragedy, concern ...
There’s a gaping hole in Dutton’s nuclear plan. He says it’s Albanese’s problem to solve
hen Opposition Leader Peter Dutton proposed nuclear energy reactors on almost every mainland state last year, he reignited ...