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Agricultural & Forestry Science

Developing Corn for Warmer Climate Is Focus of Research

Alan Myers, professor, and Tracie Hennen-Bierwagen, associate scientist, both from the Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology, hope to…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Assessing Agroforestry's Advantages

In North America, windbreaks are an effective carbon-capturing option. Only occupying about 2 to 5% of the land, windbreaks also help protect crops and…

Studies and Analyses

Takeoffs and Landings Cause More Precipitation Near Airports

The new study led by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), is part of ongoing research that focuses on so-called hole punch and canal clouds…

Life & Chemistry

Insights into the story of the eye

Although it is well established that embryonic stem cells (ESCs) have the capacity to develop into every adult cell type in the body, mysteries abound…

Life & Chemistry

Stopping malignancy in its tracks

An unusual chemical compound isolated from a mud-dwelling fungus found in a soil sample collected in Daejeon, South Korea, could lead to a new family of…

Life & Chemistry

Embracing superficial imperfections

Chemists normally work rigorously to exclude impurities from their reactions. This is especially true for scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) experiments that…

Life & Chemistry

Pigeons’ Remarkable Memory for Faces Revealed at Conference

Researchers, who will be presenting their work at the Society for Experimental Biology Annual Conference in Glasgow on Sunday the 3rd of July, have shown that…

Environmental Conservation

NASA's Aura Satellite measures pollution from New Mexico, Arizona fires

The fierce Las Conchas fire threatened the town and National Laboratory in Los Alamos, while smoke from Arizona's immense Wallow Fire and the Donaldson Fire in…

Life & Chemistry

Scientists discover that Hawai'i is not an evolutionary dead end for marine life

But where did this diversity of species come from? Hawai'i is famous for its adaptive radiations (the formation of many species with specialized lifestyles…

Life & Chemistry

Frog feet could solve a sticky problem

“Tree frog feet may provide a design for self-cleaning sticky surfaces, which could be useful for a wide range of products especially in contaminating…

Environmental Conservation

Freshwater Turtles Face Climate Change Threat, Say Scientists

The scientists, who are presenting their work at the Society for Experimental Biology Annual conference in Glasgow on 3rd July 2011, incubated turtle eggs at…

Life & Chemistry

Specialized seeds can really float your boat

Scientists from the Biomimetics-Innovation-Centre have developed a new anti-fouling surface based on a seed from a species of palm tree. “These plants have…

Life & Chemistry

New Method Detects Zinc in Zebrafish for Future Research

Scientists from Queen Mary, University of London have discovered a new way of detecting zinc in zebra fish, that could pave the way for furthering our…

Life & Chemistry

Kelp Biofuels: Sustainable Energy from the Sea’s Resources

The use of kelp (Laminaria digitata) could provide an important alternative to terrestrial grown biofuels; however the suitability of its chemical composition…

Life & Chemistry

Researchers Uncover Key Protein Structure in DNA Transcription

The research adds an important link to discoveries that have enabled scientists to gain a deeper understanding of how cells translate genetic information into…

Earth Sciences

Warming Ocean Layers Threaten Polar Ice Sheets’ Stability

The research, based on 19 state-of-the-art climate models, proposes a new mechanism by which global warming will accelerate the melting of the great ice sheets…

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