Scientists have discovered that certain plants can survive stressful, dry conditions by controlling water loss through their leaves without relying on their usual mechanism - tiny pores known as ...

Some of the authors of the study in a chamber with Arabidopsis thaliana plants. From left to right: Nil Veciana, Elena Monte, Arnau Rovira (Credit: CRAG). Stomata consist of two paired guard cells (GC ...

Plants must breathe carbon dioxide to live, but every breath causes them to lose water that they naturally want to conserve.

Plants widen microscopic pores on their leaves in response to heat. But scientists lacked an understanding of the mechanisms behind this 'sweating' function. Now, biologists have unlocked the details ...