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Tidestromia oblongifolia in winter, Death Valley National Park, CA, USA, Photo by Seung Yon (Sue) Rhee, Copyright 2018, Creative Commons CC BY 4.0

August 23, 2022

Awards

New NSF-Funded Institute Will Probe Biology In The Absence Of Water

Joseph Gall at the microscope

August 13, 2022

Feature Story

Watch: Joseph Gall Retirement Symposium

Stephanie Hampton

August 12, 2022

Administrative News

Stephanie Hampton Named Deputy Director Of Biosphere Sciences And Engineering Division

Cauvery River image purchased from Shutterstock

August 10, 2022

Breaking News

More Fertilizer And Heavier Monsoons Spell Future Trouble For Rivers In India

Edgar Virgüez

July 06, 2022

Awards

Carnegie’s Edgar Virgüez Named Duke University Trustee

Watercolor illustration of Drosophila by Edith M. Wallace, courtesy Carnegie Institution for Science.

June 15, 2022

Breaking News

Fruit Fly Stem Cells Remodel After Kidney Stones

Illustration of a plant growing on a computer chip purchased from Shutterstock.

June 13, 2022

Breaking News

Plants’ Threat-Detection Mechanisms Raise The Alarm

Chlamydomonas photo courtesy of Natasha and Natalie Rothhausen of the University of Dusseldorf.

June 13, 2022

Breaking News

“Protective Cloak” Prevents Plants From Self-Harming In Very Bright Conditions

Irrigation being deployed in a field. Image purchased from Shutterstock.

June 13, 2022

Breaking News

Sustainable Irrigation Can Feed Billions, Make Agriculture Resilient To Climate Change

This micrograph of the single-celled Paulinella shows the photosynthetic “machinery” in green. Photo courtesy of Eva Nowack.

June 08, 2022

Breaking News

Uncovering An Evolutionary Process That Enabled Diversity Of Plant Life On Earth