8 very useful plants
How does a 'zombie' bacterium come back to life?
Scientists have detected unexpected activity in physiologically dead bacteria, deciding when it is safe to 'resurrect' if the environment is friendly to them.
They discover a new species of mini orchid in Peru
It is the smallest orchid species that we can find in this South American country.
Plants use 9.4 quadrillion watt-hours of energy a year to suck up sap
The water-drawing power of plants is colossal, new research finds.
Of Viagra, nitric oxide and the Nobel prize
25 million prescriptions in the first three years of its approval and hundreds of deaths due to misuse or abuse are the spectacular figures for Viagra, a drug turned television star.
The Central Dogma of Molecular Biology
The flow of information within a cell is one of the key points in molecular biology.