The precious chemistry of a plant used for 2,000 years in traditional Chinese medicine has been unlocked in a project that raises the prospect of rapid access to a wide array of therapeutic drugs

Professor Anne Osbourn has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society in honour of her exceptional contribution to science

An ambitious scientific investigation into how organisms remember environmental changes at a cellular level has been awarded European funding

The Brassicaceae plant family boasts a stunning diversity of fruit shapes. But even in this cosmopolitan company the heart-shaped seed pods of the Capsella genus stand out

New evidence has emerged about the agriculturally important process of vernalization in a development that could help farmers deal with financially damaging weather fluctuations

Researchers have pioneered a new method which allows them to rapidly recruit disease resistance genes from wild plants and transfer them into domestic crops

Researchers have successfully assembled a near-complete genome sequence of the popular plant model system Antirrhinum majus

Insect-studying researchers have thanked the public for their help in establishing a thriving new colony of ladybirds at the John Innes Centre

Genetic detective work has illuminated the important role of Jewish culture in the widespread adoption of citrus fruit by early Mediterranean societies