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Plant is a living organism of the kind exemplified by trees, shrubs, herbs, grasses, ferns, and mosses, typically growing in a permanent site. They are multicellular organisms in the kingdom Plantae that use photosynthesis to make their own food. A plant is a living thing that grows in the earth and has a stem, leaves, and roots.
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SEP 25, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
The mitochondria of the cell are unusual organelles that serve as tiny little power plants that provide energy to our ce ...Written By: Sarah HertrichSEP 20, 2015Videos
Scientists are always thinking about ways to make things more energy efficient. As we grow into an always-expanding mobi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 18, 2015Plants & Animals
Fire safety is serious business especially in schools. While many families have designed escape plans and meeting places ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 16, 2015Plants & Animals
The drought in California continues to be a problem for agriculture, businesses and environmental concerns. As it enters ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 15, 2015Microbiology
Researchers at the University of Delaware have discovered a unique soil bacterium that boosts plant immunity in edible p ...Written By: Sarah HertrichSEP 11, 2015Plants & Animals
It’s not every day that you get the chance to see a pink dolphin; they are incredibly rare with only 14 known to e ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 11, 2015Plants & Animals
It’s long been known in the medical community that gardening can have a positive effect on patients dealing with d ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 09, 2015Microbiology
Bacillus thuringiensis is a Gram positive, soil-dwelling bacterium. Like all Bacillus species, it is rod-shaped an ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 09, 2015Plants & Animals
On the last Sunday of the summer season, on a warm beach on Cape Cod, swimmers and beachcombers made the most of the tin ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 08, 2015Technology
When you want to get a closer look at things and can’t afford a full-blown microscope, why not make your own out o ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 04, 2015Plants & Animals
In space exploration of new planets, researchers use advanced rovers to get data and photos. These specially equipped ve ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 31, 2015Health & Medicine
A variant of an opiate drug, fentanyl, is being smuggled into the United States, sold to heroin dealers, and used to mak ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 30, 2015Earth & The Environment
Hawaii made history recently, as it threw a switch connecting the world’s first ocean thermal energy conversion po ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAUG 28, 2015Earth & The Environment
Solar energy is the perfect energy source, except for one thing: you can’t store it, at least, you couldn’t ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAUG 27, 2015Plants & Animals
In Australia, wheat is identified as a significant economically important crop worth over $4.5 billion dollars per year. ...Written By: Sarah HertrichAUG 26, 2015Plants & Animals
It was just a few days ago that it made headlines when Mei Xiang, the giant panda from National Zoo, gave birth to two h ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 26, 2015Plants & Animals
One lucky toucan going by the name of Tieta in Brazil has received a 3D-printed beak after an unknown accident occurred ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 25, 2015Plants & Animals
The Sumatran Rhino is an ultra-rare animal. There are no female Sumatran Rhinos in the United States, which means ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 25, 2015Microbiology
Cassandra Quave, Ph.D., has built a career on the medicinal properties of plants. The Emory University ethnobotani ...Written By: Kerry EvansAUG 24, 2015Genetics & Genomics
While there is a theory that RNA, instead of DNA, is the original building block of all life, many RNA molecules remain ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 23, 2015Plants & Animals
It would appear that the popular Giant Panda from the National Zoo in Washington D.C. that goes by the name of Mei Xiang ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 20, 2015Plants & Animals
In our high tech times everyone is familiar with “the cloud.” Cloud computing is standard, it’s a way ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 19, 2015Microbiology
According to new research conducted by researchers at Vanderbilt University and the University of Michigan, the age of r ...Written By: Sarah HertrichAUG 19, 2015Plants & Animals
A veterinarian from Portland, OR is seeking action from the US Food and Drug Administration in order to obtain warning l ...Written By: Sarah Hertrich
SEP 25, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
The mitochondria of the cell are unusual organelles that serve as tiny little power plants that provide energy to our ce
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
SEP 20, 2015
Videos
Scientists are always thinking about ways to make things more energy efficient. As we grow into an always-expanding mobi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 18, 2015
Plants & Animals
Fire safety is serious business especially in schools. While many families have designed escape plans and meeting places
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 16, 2015
Plants & Animals
The drought in California continues to be a problem for agriculture, businesses and environmental concerns. As it enters
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 15, 2015
Microbiology
Researchers at the University of Delaware have discovered a unique soil bacterium that boosts plant immunity in edible p
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
SEP 11, 2015
Plants & Animals
It’s not every day that you get the chance to see a pink dolphin; they are incredibly rare with only 14 known to e
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 11, 2015
Plants & Animals
It’s long been known in the medical community that gardening can have a positive effect on patients dealing with d
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 09, 2015
Microbiology
Bacillus thuringiensis is a Gram positive, soil-dwelling bacterium. Like all Bacillus species, it is rod-shaped an
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 09, 2015
Plants & Animals
On the last Sunday of the summer season, on a warm beach on Cape Cod, swimmers and beachcombers made the most of the tin
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 08, 2015
Technology
When you want to get a closer look at things and can’t afford a full-blown microscope, why not make your own out o
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 04, 2015
Plants & Animals
In space exploration of new planets, researchers use advanced rovers to get data and photos. These specially equipped ve
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 31, 2015
Health & Medicine
A variant of an opiate drug, fentanyl, is being smuggled into the United States, sold to heroin dealers, and used to mak
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 30, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Hawaii made history recently, as it threw a switch connecting the world’s first ocean thermal energy conversion po
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
AUG 28, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Solar energy is the perfect energy source, except for one thing: you can’t store it, at least, you couldn’t
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
AUG 27, 2015
Plants & Animals
In Australia, wheat is identified as a significant economically important crop worth over $4.5 billion dollars per year.
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
AUG 26, 2015
Plants & Animals
It was just a few days ago that it made headlines when Mei Xiang, the giant panda from National Zoo, gave birth to two h
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 26, 2015
Plants & Animals
One lucky toucan going by the name of Tieta in Brazil has received a 3D-printed beak after an unknown accident occurred
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 25, 2015
Plants & Animals
The Sumatran Rhino is an ultra-rare animal. There are no female Sumatran Rhinos in the United States, which means
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 25, 2015
Microbiology
Cassandra Quave, Ph.D., has built a career on the medicinal properties of plants. The Emory University ethnobotani
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
AUG 24, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
While there is a theory that RNA, instead of DNA, is the original building block of all life, many RNA molecules remain
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 23, 2015
Plants & Animals
It would appear that the popular Giant Panda from the National Zoo in Washington D.C. that goes by the name of Mei Xiang
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 20, 2015
Plants & Animals
In our high tech times everyone is familiar with “the cloud.” Cloud computing is standard, it’s a way
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 19, 2015
Microbiology
According to new research conducted by researchers at Vanderbilt University and the University of Michigan, the age of r
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
AUG 19, 2015
Plants & Animals
A veterinarian from Portland, OR is seeking action from the US Food and Drug Administration in order to obtain warning l
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich