The Wisteria genus is a small plant family made up of only four species. Three of these are found growing in Asia, while one, Wisteria frutescens, commonly known as American wisteria, is native to ...

A strategy document for the university’s botanical gardens and arboretum warns against using the traditional combination of an English name and Latin name on plaques next to its plants ...

Neuroscientists at the University of Barcelona set about on a search for brain areas involved in chess-related tasks so that surgeons could avoid them when removing a tumor ...

Names associated with the ocean (or water in general) hold a special place in my heart. One of my friends who lives with his family out in California lives near the ocean, and all of them have names ...

Her novels – set in a dreamlike, aristocratic approximation of the Cotswolds – are so absurd they are rarely analysed. Can ...

Physicist Jessica Metzger weighs the career implications of speaking out about the continuing conflict in the Middle East.

An analysis of patent documents reveals a trend of increasing interest in functional food innovations that may aid future decision-making in research, business and policymaking.

Oct. 17, 2024 — A major new study reveals that carbon dioxide emissions from forest fires have surged by 60 percent globally since 2001, and almost tripled in some of the most climate-sensitive ...

Oct. 17, 2024 — Researchers identify the crucial protein for controlling the biosynthesis of steroidal glycoalkaloids and saponins in plants of the genus Solanum and ...

The Commission is composed of eighteen leading scholars from scientific, legal, philosophical ... See also its Rules of Procedure. *Acronym taken from the French name 'Commission mondiale d’éthique ...

As a result of the rift with Roth, Van Halen said he hopes to recruit former Led Zeppelin frontman Plant to sing on any new music, despite the fact the pair haven’t spoken since 1993.

Get the hamper ready for another outdoor festival in 2025; you won’t have it confiscated… 🎶 Kew The Music returns to the royal botanical gardens in London for a new summer series in 2025.