Researchers have traced the remaining last steps of the biological pathway that gives oats resistance to the deadly crop disease take-all

We have launched an open-source image library for journalists, writers and picture editors seeking to bring content on genome-editing and genetic modification to life

Research into the important adaptive and agronomic trait of flowering time has uncovered new evidence on differences between commercial varieties of Brassica rapa and closely related model plants

Research has identified critical factors that enable dangerous bacteria to spread disease by surviving on surfaces in hospitals and kitchens

What keeps some plants squatting close to the soil while others - even those closely related - reach high for the skies?

Research into the flower preferences of pollinating moths may have delivered a vital clue to the simple factors needed for the emergence of new species

Investment in national infrastructure at the John Innes Centre and The Sainsbury Laboratory is ‘essential and urgent’ for solving the enormous environmental and societal challenges that we face, says a new independent strategy published this week

Researchers have identified a critical mechanism that allows deadly bacteria to gain resistance to antibiotics

Scientists have developed ground-breaking techniques for visualising the stresses and strains placed on tiny twisted DNA circles