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Specially-designed Soils Could Help Combat Climate Change
April 2, 2008 — Could part of the answer to saving the Earth from global warming lie in the earth beneath our feet? For the first time, researchers aim to design soils that can remove carbon from the atmosphere, ... > full story -
China's Economic Boom Sparks Biological Invasions
April 2, 2008 — The increase in imports and visitors to China in recent years has spurred an influx of economically damaging plants and animals. Massive construction projects, as well as new highways and railways ... > full story -
Electric Shocks Boost Plants' Production Of Commercially Useful Chemicals
April 1, 2008 — Now for some "shocking" news about plants: Exposing plants to electricity can boost production of useful plant chemicals and may provide a cheaper, safer, and more efficient method for producing ... > full story -
Small Desert Beetle Found To Engineer Ecosystems
March 31, 2008 — A tiny beetle is wreaking catastrophic action on the deteriorating Chihuahuan ... > full story -
Faster Hawaiian Tree Growth Without Adverse Ecosystem Effects
March 31, 2008 — US Forest Service scientists with the Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry have completed a study on ways to make high-value koa trees grow faster, while increasing biodiversity, carbon ... > full story -
Can You Rescue A Rainforest? The Answer May Be Yes
March 29, 2008 — Half a century after most of Costa Rica's rainforests were cut down, researchers from the Boyce Thompson Institute took on a project that many thought was impossible -- restoring a tropical ... > full story -
Systems Biology Approach Identifies Nutrient Regulation Of Biological Clock In Plants
March 29, 2008 — Using a systems biological analysis of genome-scale data from the model plant Arabidopsis, researchers have identified that the master gene controlling the biological clock is sensitive to nutrient ... > full story -
New Safflower Lines Survive Winters
March 28, 2008 — Three new safflower germplasm lines are now available for improving the oilseed crop's winter survival, or "hardiness." Safflower is primarily grown for three products: oil, meal and ... > full story -
Decoding Malaria's 'Post Code' System Provides A Potential Drug Target
March 26, 2008 — The code used by the malaria parasite to move essential proteins around inside its structure has been discovered. New results could allow the design of a drug which would confuse this communication ... > full story -
Cotton Studies Target Killer: Fusarium Wilt
March 25, 2008 — The long, warm days of a typical California summer make life easy for sun-loving cotton plants. But a fungal enemy that causes what's known as Fusarium wilt can make things tough for the plants--and ... > full story -
Ants Are Experienced Fungus Farmers
March 25, 2008 — It turns out ants, like humans, are true farmers. The difference is that ants are farming fungus. Entomologists are providing new insight into the agricultural abilities of ants and how these ... > full story -
Delicate Partnership Between Coral And Algae Threatened By Global Warming
March 25, 2008 — Over two hundred million humans depend for their subsistence on the fact that coral has an addiction to "junk food" -- and orders its partners, the symbiotic algae, to make it. This curious ... > full story
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