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Friday, July 3, 2009

Successful Initial Safety Tests For Genetically-modified Rice That Fights Allergy

In a first-of-its-kind advance toward the next generation of genetically modified foods — intended to improve ...  > full story

Ferns Took To The Trees And Thrived

As flowering plants like giant trees quickly rose to dominate plant communities during the Cretaceous period, the ferns that had preceded them hardly saw it as a disappointment. ...  > full story

Virus-resistant Grapevines

Viruses can cost winegrowers an entire harvest. If they infest the grapevines, even pesticides are often no use. What’s more, these chemicals are harmful to the environment. Researchers are ...  > full story

Plants’ Internal Clock Can Improve Climate Change Models

The ability of plants to tell the time, a mechanism common to all living beings, enables them to survive, grow and reproduce. Scientists have studied this ...  > full story
 

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