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Cambridge researchers have developed a new technique for measuring and mapping gene and cell activity through fluorescence in living plant tissue.

Newly discovered family of genes could help us breed grasses with improved properties for food and fuel.

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 masks another side of its legacy, a new history suggests.

̽»¨Ö±²¥Bioenergy Initiative is bringing biology and engineering together to address the challenge of meeting our future energy needs.

̽»¨Ö±²¥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 ̽»¨Ö±²¥ and Royal Holloway, ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of London, has shown that plants are not guilty of creating tens of millions of tonnes of the potent greenhouse gas methane, despite earlier reports.