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DNA 'Barcode' For Tropical Trees

In foods, soil samples or customs checks, plant fragments sometimes need to be quickly identified. The use of DNA "barcodes" to itemize plant biodiversity was proposed during the 1992 ...  > full story

Innovative Plan To Save Rainforest, Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

An innovative proposal by the Ecuadorian government to protect an untouched, oil rich region of Amazon rainforest is a ...  > full story

Toward Home-brewed Electricity With 'Personalized Solar Energy'

New scientific discoveries are moving society toward the era of "personalized solar energy," in which the focus of electricity ...  > full story

Endemic Birds Thrive On Timor-Leste's 'Lost World' Mountain

Surveys have confirmed that the finest montane forests in Timor-Leste, and possibly the whole island of Timor, are to be found on the inaccessible Mount Mundo ...  > full story
 

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