Ask Dr. Universe: Why don’t plants get sunburns?
PULLMAN, Wash. – That’s a great observation. For as much time as plants spend outside in the sun, we really don’t see too many with a sunburn.
PULLMAN, Wash. – That’s a great observation. For as much time as plants spend outside in the sun, we really don’t see too many with a sunburn.
PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University researchers have mapped the damage of ultraviolet radiation on individual units of DNA, opening a new avenue in the search for how sunlight causes skin cancer and what might be done to prevent it.
By Eric Sorensen, WSU science writer PULLMAN, Wash. – Researchers led by a Washington State University biologist have found the optimal mechanism by which plants heal the botanical equivalent of a bad sunburn. Their work, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, could lead to development of crops that repair sun damage […]