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

Researchers solve how the kava plant produces its pain-relieving and anti-anxiety molecules, demonstrate an extensible method to scale and optimize production.

Collaboration between MIT architect and chemical engineer could be at the center of new sustainable infrastructure for buildings.

Machine learning can reveal optimal growing conditions to maximize taste and other features.

MIT-led team uses nanoparticles to deliver genes into plant chloroplasts.

Research from the lab of assistant professor of chemistry Gabriela Schlau-Cohen advances the understanding of plants' photosynthetic machinery.

Whitehead Institute and MIT researchers uncover the detailed molecular structure of the sporopollenin polymer, an inert material key for the emergence of land plants.