Researchers at Michigan State University have uncovered a surprising mechanism that plants use to regulate their growth — one ...

The integration of advanced lighting technologies has fundamentally transformed our understanding of plant growth under controlled environments. The effects of light quality—defined by its spectral ...

Plants lengthen and bend to secure access to sunlight. Despite observing this phenomenon for centuries, scientists do not fully understand it. Now, scientists have discovered that two plant factors -- ...

It’s well known that plants have a fine-tuned ability to sense changes in the season by how much daylight they’re exposed to, yet scientists observed more than a century ago that plants sometimes grow ...

Light plays a fundamental role in the growth and development of plants. It serves as an essential energy source for photosynthesis and also influences various physiological processes, including seed ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A Purdue University study shows that targeting plants with red and blue LEDs provides energy-efficient lighting in contained environments, a finding that could advance the ...

Plant growth is driven by light and supplied with energy through photosynthesis by green leaves. It is the same for roots that grow in the dark -- they receive the products of photosynthesis, in ...

Winter often feels like a challenging time for gardeners, with the sun barely climbing above the horizon and daylight hours dwindling rapidly. I remember the first winter I tried to keep my indoor ...

According to doomsday predictions, the end of the world will arrive on the winter solstice this year, which will be next Friday, Dec. 21. I imagine the predictions of dire circumstances will end up ...