SMART nanosensors are safer and less tedious than existing techniques for testing plants’ response to compounds such as herbicides.

A new seed-coating process could facilitate agriculture on marginal arid lands by enabling the seeds to retain any available water.

Engineered plant nanosensors and portable Raman spectroscopy will help enable sustainable practices in traditional and urban agriculture.

MIT researchers grow structures made of wood-like plant cells in a lab, hinting at the possibility of more efficient biomaterials production.

Nanoscale devices integrated into the leaves of living plants can detect the toxic heavy metal in real time.

Chemical engineers take a step toward generating ammonia with small-scale, electrochemical reactors.

Microneedles made of silk-based material can target plant tissues for delivery of micronutrients, hormones, or genes.

Monitoring the plant hormone ethylene could reveal when fruits and vegetables are about to spoil.

Study reveals a mechanism that plants can use to dissipate excess sunlight as heat.

A specialized silk covering could protect seeds from salinity while also providing fertilizer-generating microbes.