Perry nuclear plant seeks to operate into 2060s, as Meta deal boosts output

PERRY TOWNSHIP, Ohio — Backed by a new long-term power agreement with Meta, the Perry Nuclear Power Plant is moving to extend ...

Scientists Created a Plant-Based Wax That Could Cut Pesticide Use by 50%

Tests on tomatoes, peppers, grapevines, and bamboo showed that this wax-like spray improved disease resistance without ...

Meet King’s Lomatia — The Plant That Has Been Cloning Itself For At Least 43,600 Years

King’s lomatia is a single clonal plant that has survived for over 43,000 years. Here’s how it’s outlasted ice ages, climate ...

Threatened Dauphin County pipe plant rebounds; hundreds to be hired in $300M deal

State and federal lawmakers came out to Steelton on Friday to celebrate a $300 million deal that will bring hundreds of jobs ...

Plant Doctor: Some plants will recover from recent freeze, start seeds for new ones now

MacCubbin gives gardening advice for Central Florida on assessing damage from recent freeze, mulch from ornamental grasses, palms and azaleas ...

First-of-its-kind automated root imaging platform speeds plant discoveries

The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has launched a novel robotic platform to rapidly analyze plant root systems as they grow, yielding AI-ready data to accelerate the development ...

Northwest’s only nuclear power plant shut down after problem detected

The Northwest’s only commercial nuclear power plant, the Columbia Generating Station, was manually shut down early Thursday ...

Intense sunlight reduces plant diversity and biomass across global grasslands, study finds

The sun is the basis for photosynthesis, but not all plants thrive in strong sunlight. Strong sunlight constrains plant ...

Plant This Herb Next To Rosemary To Fill Your Garden With Hummingbirds And Butterflies

Rosemary is a great way to attract hummingbirds and butterflies, but there's another herb you should add next to it if you want to see more of these critters.