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OpinionEdgar 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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Podcast
Beta-damascenone
Louise Crane explains how a series of happy accidents led to the discovery of this rose-scented compound, found in rose oil, beer, apple pie and Kentucky bourbon.
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News
Lettuce could be used to grow drugs on Mars
Infecting plants with a bacterium that can genetically modify plants could be an answer to producing drugs on other planets
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Research
Harnessing plants and microbes to tackle environmental pollution
Eucharia Nwaichi is using biochemistry to clean up one of the most polluted places on Earth
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Research
Weird mechanism behind catnip compound’s biosynthesis uncovered
Nepetalactone – the compound cats go crazy for – is made by a two-step procedure that is unlike any other in terpenoid biosynthesis
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Research
Catalyst made from plant roots promotes Suzuki reaction
Ecocatalyst recycling strategy could be used to recover precious metal pollutants from contaminated sites
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Research
Plants surprise by expending energy kicking up a stink
Discovery that flowers don’t just passively release their volatile, smelly compounds overturns conventional wisdom
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Research
Seductive sulfurs woo wasps
Amorous insect pollinators caught in the act with (methylthio)phenols
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Research
Explosive-sensing plant lights fuse for nanobionics
Nanotube-modified spinach can detect explosives and give off an IR signal
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News
Explainer: The chemistry of autumn
Pigments, hormones and enzymes – find out the secret chemistry behind the wonders of autumn
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