There are several answers to this question. I expect all of you to say guard cells. Those of you who’ve read the previous item about chlorophagy might also be tempted to say plant vacuoles – presumably of guard cells. But, how many would have said trichomes? Not me for certain. But, they do contain chloroplasts […]
How helpful is healthy eating advice, if you don't have the money for making choices?
Some things are hard to digest, but is an excess of phosphorus really one of them?
No morsel of the victim is wasted when a plant traps its prey.
Somewhat disappointingly, this ‘three for the price of one’ item is not about plants – neither exclusively nor even specifically. However, since it deals with matters that are fundamental to all life on Earth (including those green things!), it is certainly admissible in a plant-based blog item. After all, what can be more basic and […]
Botanists aren't always genetic engineers. This week Nigel Chaffey finds some have branched out into civil engineering.
If we hope kelp is going to mitigate climate change, then we might need to think again about over-fishing and kelp harvesting.
Why can you find colourful plants, where they're hardest to see? Iridoplasts, an overlooked plastid, improve photosynthesis and look great while doing it.
Looking back to the annus horribilis that was 2016 we might reflect on the loss of so many icons of the world of music, e.g. David Bowie, Prince, Leonard Cohen, Rick Parfitt, George Michael, and Terry Wogan (whose idiosyncratic rendition of the Floral Dance is deservedly a recognised classic of its genre) – and wonder […]
Modern materials get solve long-standing problems, when they get a helping hand from plants.
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