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Engineering Technology Reveals Eating Habits of Giant Dinosaurs
July 16, 2012 — High-tech technology, traditionally usually used to design racing cars and aeroplanes, has helped researchers to understand how plant-eating dinosaurs fed 150 million years ago. A team of ... > full storyMore: -
Global Warming Harms Lakes
July 16, 2012 — Global warming affects lakes. Based on the example of Lake Zurich, researchers have demonstrated that there is insufficient water turnover in the lake during the winter and harmful Burgundy blood ... > full story -
Salt Cress Genome Yields New Clues to Salt Tolerance
July 13, 2012 — Biologists have completed the genomic sequence and analysis of salt cress Thellungiella salsuginea, a wild salt-tolerant plant. The salt cress genome serves as a useful tool for exploring mechanisms ... > full story -
Tamarisk Biocontrol Efforts Get Evolutionary Boost
July 12, 2012 — Scientists trying to control the invasive tamarisk plant have been getting a boost from evolution, in the form of a rapidly evolving beetle that has been changing its life cycle to more efficiently ... > full story -
Tobacco Protein Enhances Crop Immune Systems
July 11, 2012 — A component in tobacco that makes crop immune systems more resistant to viral ... > full story -
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A Deeper Look Into the Pathogen Responsible for Crown Gall Disease in Plants
July 11, 2012 — Scientists have revealed new insights into the molecular properties of the rod-shaped soil bacterium Agrobacterium tumefaciens, the pathogen responsible for crown gall disease, a tumor-forming ... > full story -
Silver Nanoparticle Synthesis Using Strawberry Tree Leaf
July 11, 2012 — Scientists have synthesized silver nanoparticles, which are important to biotechnology, by using strawberry tree leaf extract. The new technology is ecological, simple, cheap and very fast. ... > full story -
Rare Glimpse Into the Origin of Species
July 10, 2012 — A new species of monkey flower has been discovered in Scotland. Derived from two New World species brought to feature in Victorian gardens, genetic differences between the parents usually leave ... > full story -
World's Largest Herbivore, the African Elephant, Makes Unique Food Choices
July 10, 2012 — When is an elephant a picky eater? A study of the African elephant finds that, despite its large size and fast-operating digestive system, this mammal does not eat just anything. This megaherbivore ... > full story -
New Species of Wirerush from the Wetlands in Northern New Zealand
July 9, 2012 — The northern part of the North Island of New Zealand is marked at approximately 38 degrees S latitude by a distinct ecological boundary known as the "kauri line". This region forms the southern ... > full story
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