"Plants like sweet cherries can survive freezing temperatures in winter using supercooling. When in a supercooled state, the ...

Dr. Elizabeth Houghton recently graduated from the Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science’s Department of Biology. Her latest ...

Biostimulant-treated plants often resume normal physiological processes more quickly, translating into healthier fruit set ...

Alicante Hospital is using a technique that destroys breast cancer cells through freezing them for the first time. The technique is called cryoablation and was successfully trialled on a 90-year-old ...

Plants survive cold by adjusting at cellular level. Scientists discovered that the PORCUPINE protein helps plants adapt to ...

At first glance, plant and animal cells have a lot in common: they’re both highly organized, keep their DNA tucked away in an envelope, and are kinda juicy inside. But plant cells have evolved ...

Researchers at UBCO are investigating how sweet cherry flower buds survive freezing temperatures in winter orchards.

Accurate molecular data in single-cell studies depend on proper cell morphology and chemical integrity, highlighting the importance of sample preparation. In this work, we standardized a more ...

A UBC Okanagan researcher is trying to understand why 'supercooling' in cherry trees doesn't protect buds in spring.