An easier way to engineer plants

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

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 25, 2019 • ~7 min

How plants expand their capacity to use solar energy

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

Danielle Randall Doughty | Department of Chemistry • mit
Feb. 6, 2019 • ~2 min

Cracking a tough case

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

Greta Friar | Whitehead Institute • mit
Dec. 17, 2018 • ~7 min

Engineers create plants that glow | MIT News

Illumination from nanobionic plants might one day replace some electrical lighting.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Dec. 12, 2017 • ~6 min

Sensors applied to plant leaves warn of water shortage | MIT News

Electronic circuits reveal when a plant begins to experience drought conditions.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Nov. 8, 2017 • ~6 min

Finding the root cause of plant resilience | MIT News

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering welcomes plant ecologist Dave Des Marais to the MIT faculty.

Carolyn Schmitt | Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering • mit
Oct. 10, 2017 • ~6 min

Harnessing the right amount of sunshine | MIT News

Study reveals the mechanisms of a protein that helps moss and green algae defend against too much light.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
July 17, 2017 • ~6 min

Nanobionic spinach plants can detect explosives | MIT News

After sensing dangerous chemicals, the carbon-nanotube-enhanced plants send an alert.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Oct. 31, 2016 • ~7 min

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