Using newly generated 'optogenetic' tobacco plants, research teams have investigated how plants process external signals. When it comes to survival, plants have a huge disadvantage compared to many ...

A hack to the photosynthesis of tobacco increased its growth by 40 percent, researchers reported today in Science. The team now hopes to make similar changes to soybeans, potatoes, and other food ...

Gene editing has enormous potential to help feed the world’s growing population, but it’s currently difficult, time-consuming ...