All plants articles
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FeatureHow do plants sense stress?
How does an organism without a brain or a nervous system sense when it’s under attack? Hayley Bennett presents the plant world’s strange yet sophisticated system for responding to wounding
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Research
Plant biomarkers provide evidence of nerve agent attacks
Analytical method detects chemical weapon usage up to three months after exposure by probing plant proteins
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Research
Metal–carbon catalysts made from plants can break down plastics
Soil remediation study sees researchers develop method for converting low-density polyethylene into liquid hydrocarbons
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Careers
Carving out a career as an amateur scientist
Lacking a degree has not stopped Sebastian Cocioba making waves in the world of biotechnology
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Opinion
Letters: October 2022
Readers discuss the meaning of life and compete to be the longest-serving RSC member
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Careers
Baking to perfection, with a pinch of chemistry
Katarina Cermelj’s training in synthesis informs how she develops new gluten-free recipes
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Opinion
A citizen science app for teaching botany
App-based tools support botanical literacy and citizen science
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Opinion
Confusing cannabinoids
Decomposition during GC–MS analysis can thwart efforts to determine if a product is legal
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Feature
The plant trade’s scientific secrets
Growers are using advanced techniques to mass-produce the next trendy houseplant. But Katrina Krämer finds that collectors’ demand for new varieties has also opened the door to deception and fraud
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Opinion
Letters: September 2022
Readers celebrate apprenticeships, near-miss reporting and plants in urban areas
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Opinion
How does your garden grow?
With the help of a handful elements from the periodic table, of course
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Opinion
Letters: March 2022
Readers produce a model view of June Lindsay’s work, and describe a creative use of parafilm
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Opinion
The dead of aconite
Whether human, witch or werewolf, beware a flower known as the queen of poisons
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Research
Case closed on decades old mystery of American bald eagle deaths
Invasive plant and cyanobacterium join up to form a deadly duo that have been killing US wildlife
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Sponsored
Informatics streamlines herbicide data management
MoA Technology leverages CDD Vault cheminformatics system to manage high-throughput herbicide screening data and external collaborations effectively. Here’s how
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Opinion
Edgar Cahoon: ‘There is still so much basic knowledge to learn’
The biochemist and plant scientist talks about growing up on a dairy farm in Eastern Virginia, gardening, biking and Cornhusker football
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Research
Bacterium forced to evolve to consume carbon dioxide to make biomass
Tweaked Escherichia coli could help deal with humanity’s carbon dioxide problem
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