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… multiple programs had their own goals to achieve, they constantly collaborated with each other on new ways of presenting and researching science. …

This summer marked the first fully in-person internship experience in several years for students and researchers alike at the JGI. With the past few years … gave interns the opportunity to be fully immersed in not only their work, but the opportunity to collaborate with and …

Gary Trubl, a virologist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, wants to understand how viruses impact the …

Every fall, a mysterious green growth appears on top of farmers’ fields: a microbial community that might be quietly improving the soil. Penn State researchers Mary Ann Bruns and Terry Bell are digging in to …

… a bioenergy plant? Meet Miscanthus , an attractive addition to your garden and a potential fuel for the future. But, … upgrades. In this episode, hear from scientists working on understanding Miscanthus biology and the economic terrain to help make the plant a viable alternative …

Right now, our natural rubber comes from just one tree species: Hevea brasiliensis . It’s great at … but it’s vulnerable to disease and climate shifts. So researchers are looking into a desert shrub that’s native to … America: guayule.  This episode was made in collaboration with our friends at the HudsonAlpha Institute for …

Rainforests store a big fraction of all the carbon on Earth, and soil microbes play a key role in pulling that carbon out of the atmosphere. This episode, researchers take a look at what happens to that storage when …

… need corn, sorghum and other crops to grow well in worse conditions: with more heat, less water and less fertilizer. Grasses do better in these conditions, so plant biologists James Schable, Guangchao Sun …