Fundamental research on plant development at the Sainsbury Laboratory will help in the future design of optimal crops.
Are plants as defenceless as they appear...
New collaboration aims to address the growing demand for food and fuel by improving the process of photosynthesis.
It was the dawn of an age of prosperity and transformed Britain into an economic superpower but our rose-tinted view of the industrial revolution...
The Bioenergy Initiative is bringing biology and engineering together to address the challenge of meeting our future energy needs.
The study of plants is blossoming in Cambridge, with new facilities, new research and soon a major new institute.
An ambitious project that aims to increase rice yields could provide the solution to future food shortages.
A study led by scientists at Cambridge University and Royal Holloway, University of London, has shown that plants are not guilty of creating tens of...
Creating circuits from multiple components is routine in engineering. Can living systems be constructed using similar principles?
Children and their families can expect a fairytale experience when they visit the Cambridge University Botanic Garden this summer.
Archaeologists have unearthed a pair of bone fragments dating back almost 30,000 years and featuring minute designs carved by some of our earliest...
Two specimens of one of the world’s oldest and rarest plants, dating back to the time of the dinosaurs, are now on view at the Botanic Garden in...
