Nitrogen Fixation Process in Plants to Combat Drought in Various Species of Legumes - Although nitrogen is abundant in soil, it is useless to plants unless it is first reduced to other chemical forms like nitrate or ammonium. Organisms like soil bacteria are able to reduce atmospheric nitrogen to ammonium in a process called biological […]

New Genus of Self-Destructive Palm Found in Madagascar - Scientists have discovered a new genus of palm trees in Madagascar that comes with a surprising twist. What’s the twist? Well, there’s two, actually. One, these palm trees are very large (5m palm, 18m high - they can be seen from Google Earth!) and two, they […]