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Plant and Environmental Sciences

diatoms
08.08.2019

  How do a handful of marine microorganisms live through a major crash?

colorful food
15.07.2019

Phytolon, a start-up based on Weizmann Institute technology, aims to replace artificial food dyes with safe, cost-effective, stable, all-natural...

arabidopsis
22.01.2019

Like eye’s adjustment to sudden changes in light, plants have sensitive mechanisms to protect their leaves from rapid changes in radiation

Fragments of phytoplankton outer shell
25.10.2018

When viral infection wipes out an algal bloom, fragments may turn airborne, increasing clouds and cooling the surface below

gigatons of carbon
22.05.2018

The study reveals, among other things, our impact on the Earth’s biosphere

Food waste
21.03.2018

A new analysis suggests hundreds of millions more could eat from the same resources with plant-based diets

Dr. Daniella Schatz and Prof. Assaf Vardi
09.11.2017

Are tiny packages of cellular material helping the algal cells or the viruses that infect them? 

Beet-colored tomatoes
14.08.2017

Pigments made by beets may help boost resistance to disease and the nutrition value of crops

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