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Biologist Solves Mystery of Tropical Grasses' Origin
Biologists have found that
rainfall, not temperature,
was the primary trigger for
the evolutionary beginnings
of C4 tropical grasses. ... > full story
Like Escape Artists, Rotifers Elude Enemies by Drying Up and -- Poof! -- They Are Gone With the Wind
They haven't had sex in some
30 million years, but some
very small invertebrates
named bdelloid rotifers are
still shocking biologists --
... > full story
Carbonate Veins Reveal Chemistry of Ancient Seawater
The chemical composition of
our oceans is not constant
but has varied significantly
over geological time. In a
new study, researchers
describe a novel method for
... > full story
Engineers Aim to Make Air Travel Greener
Carbon emissions from air
travel could be reduced,
thanks to a new
collaboration between
engineers in the UK and the
aerospace industry. The
million project will
... > full story
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Link Between Birth Defect Gastroschisis and the Agricultural Chemical Atrazine Found
February 7, 2010 — New findings demonstrate a link between the birth defect gastroschisis and the agricultural chemical atrazine. Gastroschisis is a type of inherited congenital abdominal wall defect in which the ... > full story -
Super Material Will Make Lighting Cheaper and Fully Recyclable
February 6, 2010 — With the use of the new super material graphene, Swedish and American researchers have succeeded in producing a new type of lighting component. It is inexpensive to produce and can be fully ... > full story -
Oceans Reveal Further Impacts of Climate Change
February 5, 2010 — The increasing acidity of the world's oceans -- and that acidity's growing threat to marine species -- are definitive proof that the atmospheric carbon dioxide that is causing climate change is also ... > full story -
Enlisting a Drug Discovery Technique in the Battle Against Global Warming
February 4, 2010 — Scientists in Texas are reporting that a technique used in the search for new drugs could also be used in the quest to discover new, environmentally friendly materials for fighting global warming. ... > full story -
Is Iron from Soil a Factor in Algal Blooms?
February 4, 2010 — Scientists are studying the part that iron from Australia's iron-rich soil plays in the algal blooms that plague parts of the eastern coast line during ... > full story -
Black Carbon a Significant Factor in Melting of Himalayan Glaciers
February 4, 2010 — The fact that glaciers in the Himalayan mountains are thinning is not disputed. However, few researchers have attempted to rigorously examine and quantify the causes. Scientists have now isolated the ... > full story -
New Research Rejects 80-Year Theory of 'Primordial Soup' as the Origin of Life
February 3, 2010 — For 80 years it has been accepted that early life began in a "primordial soup" of organic molecules before evolving out of the oceans millions of years later. Today the "soup" theory has been ... > full story -
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Eco-Friendly Way of Decomposing BPA-Containing Plastic
February 3, 2010 — Just as cooking helps people digest food, pretreating polycarbonate plastic -- source of a huge environmental headache because of its bisphenol A content -- may be the key to disposing of the waste ... > full story -
How Certain Hormones Control Aspects of Root Branching in Plants
February 3, 2010 — Scientists describe that the plant hormone auxin together with an increased cell cycle activity leads to a boost in root branching in the common thale cress Arabidopsis thaliana. In addition, they ... > full story -
Marine Lab Hunts Subtle Clues to Environmental Threats to Blue Crabs
February 3, 2010 — Researchers are at work trying to identify the clues that will finger specific, yet elusive, environmental threats to the Atlantic blue ... > full story
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