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Plants transformed into detectors of dangerous chemicals

What if your house plant could tell you your water isn’t safe?. Scientists are closer to realizing this vision, having successfully engineered a plant...

Couple steals plants from expressway, video goes viral

The Indian government aims to promote greenery through the plantation initiative.

In a first, scientists successfully grow plants in lunar soil

That's one small pot of soil, one giant leap for man's knowledge of space agriculture: scientists have for the first time grown plants in...

Scientists can switch on plants’ response to light

Scientists have figured out how plants respond to light and can flip this genetic switch to encourage food growth. The discovery could help increase...

‘World’s ugliest orchid’ among new species named in 2020

'World's ugliest orchid' among new species named in 2020

France goes soggy on using CRISPR technique for veggies

France's highest administrative court decided Friday that plants produced using new gene editing techniques such as CRISPR undergo strict testing.

Plants are going extinct up to 350 times faster than the historical norm

Earth is seeing an unprecedented loss of species, which some ecologists are calling a sixth mass extinction

Indonesian walks 700-km backwards to highlight deforestation

He started on July 18 from his village/

‘Expensive plants’ stolen in Karachi’s DHA

KARACHI: Two motorcyclists stole expensive plants from outside a house in Karachi's posh locality, ARY News learnt on Friday. Two bikers stormed a garden outside a...

‘Green gold’: Pakistan plants hundreds of millions of trees

HEROSHAH: The change is drastic: around the region of Heroshah, previously arid hills are now covered with the forest as far as the horizon....

Genetic tweak makes plants use 25% less water: researchers

PARIS: Researchers on Tuesday unveiled a genetic modification that enables plants to use a quarter less water with scant reduction in yield. By altering a...

VIDEO: Eight donkeys ‘jailed’ in India for four days, released after BJP leader’s call

KANPUR: In a bizarre and an extremely unusual case, eight donkeys were ‘jailed’ for four days for destroying ‘costly’ flower pots and plants in...

How plants can tell friend from foe

A plant’s immune system can recognize whether a piece of RNA is an invader or not based on whether the RNA has a threaded...

Botanical gardens a lifeboat for threatened plants

PARIS: Botanical gardens are a Noah's Ark for endangered plants, collectively safeguarding four out of 10 species known to face extinction, researchers said Monday. But...

These five plants help you sleep at night

Having plants inside the house not only adds to the aesthetic value of the house but it also have many positive impacts on the...

NA body demands immediate halt of construction of Kishanganga, Ratle Hydroelectric plants

ISLAMABAD: A National Assembly body has demanded of the government to right away ask World Bank to constitute a Court of Arbitration to adjudicate...

Plants less thirsty as climate warms: study

MIAMI: A warming planet might not dry out Earth as much as previously believed, because plants will become less thirsty as carbon dioxide in the atmosphere rises, researchers said Monday.

Electronics giant signs ‘final settlement’ with cancer victims

SEOUL: Samsung Electronics said Tuesday it had signed "a final settlement" over workers who contracted cancer in its semiconductor plants, but a victims' advocacy group said key issues remained unresolved.

Fats from fish and plants may help older adults live longer

STOCKHOLM: Older adults who eat plenty of fish and vegetables may live longer than people who don’t, a large Swedish study suggests.

Sindh to activate two gas-based power plants

KARACHI: The Sindh government has decided to activate two non-functional gas-based power projects at Dadu and Naudero.   

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