Newly published research carried out at the University of Guam has used a critically endangered species to show how trees modify leaf function to best exploit prevailing light conditions. The findings ...

University of Guam Research Associate Benjamin Deloso examines a bi-pinnately compound leaf of Guam's flame tree. The endangered Serianthes nelsonii tree makes a leaf that uses this same design.

In our world, the word "compound" is used for a number of things. First, there is that amazing money multiplier called compound interest. There are compounds comprised of two or more chemicals to ...