Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...
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Earth talk: Do plants communicate?

Dear EarthTalk: Is it true that plants communicate by sending chemical signals through the air? -- Melissa, via email Recent ...
Plants do not stay silent. New research shows how plant diversity changes smell based communication across ecosystems.
Associate Head of Research and Knowledge Exchange - Reader in Plant Science, Edge Hill University This morning, my six-year-old came into our bedroom and started reading a story from a book. She ...
In an interdisciplinary study, researchers discovered that symbiotic bacteria communicate with legume plants through specific molecules and that this communication influences which bacteria grow near ...
LA JOLLA (January 8, 2025)—Human bodies defend themselves using a diverse population of immune cells that circulate from one organ to another, responding to everything from cuts to colds to cancer.
In the 1960s and '70s, a series of questionable experiments claimed to prove that plants could behave like humans, that they had feelings, responded to music and could even take a polygraph test.
Scientists have created a new atlas of plant cells during immune response, in turn discovering a new rare cell state, called Primary IMmunE Responder (PRIMER), that acts as an immune response hub to ...