Dr. Lin and his students met in a library at Stanford Hospital. The room was walled in with glass, offering a view of the foothills and flowering plants on the adjoining rooftop garden.

TAIPEI, Taiwan — China considers it a part of the Chinese nation. The United States considers it a roadblock to further Chinese influence in Asia. No wonder, then, that Taiwan has long been a ...

Traditional plant stands seem to come in two styles: those mid-century-modern ones that stay low to the ground and fit just one big pot, and the more bookshelf-style bamboo units with a few ...

Unlike animals, plants don’t need a male and a female because their flowers have both male parts and female parts. Pollen in plants is like sperm in animals. It comes from the male part of the ...

The government’s Crime and Policing Bill could allow police to access the UK driving licence database for use in facial recognition watchlists, but the Home Office denies biometric data would be ...

From helping plants to colonize terrestrial earth to treating disease in humans, is there anything fungi can’t do? Chris Dart Neither plants nor animals, fungi are the most underappreciated ...

Larsen & Toubro’s (L&T) Water & Effluent Treatment (WET) segment, in a joint venture with Spanish infrastructure company Lantania, has secured a contract to construct the Ras Mohaisen desalination ...

In this four-part series, learn how their organisations empower individuals and how you can support their causes. Sufei Lin, director of Corporate & Industry Partnerships at the National Volunteer and ...

Residents have been invited to get stuck in and help plant trees at an ambitious new community woodland. GreenwoodCommunity Forest, hosted by Nottinghamshire County Council, has started to create the ...