Revealed: The secret of the poet’s daffodil
The DNA secrets of a flower thought to have inspired a Greek legend have been cracked by scientists.
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Scottish researchers create ‘crystal maze’ for light
A team at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh create a "crystal maze" to control how light spreads.
How to save trees from extinction
The world is losing plants at an unprecedented rate with around one in five thought to be at risk of extinction. The race is on to store back-up copies in seed banks.