Ashley started at The Scientist in 2018. Before joining the staff, she worked as a freelance editor and writer, a writer at the Simons Foundation, and a web producer at Science News, among other ...

“Cuticle thickness affects dynamics of volatile emission from ... VOCs can’t diffuse out of flower cells quickly enough to prevent internal damage to the plant. In follow-up experiments to find out ...

Ms Armit: That's the waxy cuticle. It's on the surface of the leaf and its main job is to prevent water loss as the plant needs this water. It also protects the plant. See what happens when you ...

This discovery challenges long-held assumptions about how plants function. While scientists believed that leaf pores were the primary source of water loss, it appears that the cuticle, a waxy layer, ...