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  Sea Life 'Must Swim Faster to Survive' to Survive Climate Change

  November 7, 2011 — Fish and other sea creatures will have to travel large distances to survive climate change, international marine scientists have warned. Sea life, particularly in the Indian Ocean, the Western and ... > full story
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  Biodiversity Can Promote Survival on a Warming Planet, Mathematical Model Shows

  November 6, 2011 — Whether a species can evolve to survive climate change may depend on the biodiversity of its ecological community, according to a new mathematical model that simulates the effect of climate change on ... > full story
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  Climate Shift Could Leave Some Marine Species Homeless

  November 3, 2011 — Rising temperatures will force many species of animals and plants to move to other regions and could leave some marine species with nowhere to go, according to new ... > full story

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  Discovery of New Gene Could Improve Efficiency of Molecular Factories

  November 3, 2011 — The discovery of a new gene is helping researchers envision more-efficient molecular factories of the ... > full story
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  Duck's Boon Might Be a Turtle's Bane: Overturned Duck Nest Boxes Can Be Death Traps for Turtles

  November 3, 2011 — Biologists have discovered that overturned duck nest boxes can be death traps for wetland turtles. Ordinarily a good thing, duck nest boxes -- a nesting box attached to a pole in the wetland ground ... > full story
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  Hybrid Power Plants Can Help Industry Go Green: Affordable Solar Option for Power Plants

  November 3, 2011 — Researchers have developed a technology that combines the conventional fuel used in today's power plants with the lower pressures and temperatures of steam produced by solar power. His new "hybrid" ... > full story
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  Genome-Scale Network of Rice Genes to Speed the Development of Biofuel Crops

  November 2, 2011 — Researchers have developed the first genome-scale model for predicting the functions of genes and gene networks in a grass species. Called RiceNet, this systems-level model of rice gene interactions ... > full story
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  New Species of a Tiny Freshwater Snail Collected from a Mountainous Spring in Greece

  November 1, 2011 — A new minute freshwater snail species belonging to the genus Daphniola was found in a spring on Mt. Parnassos, central Greece. The new species has a transparent conical-flat coiled shell, gray-black ... > full story
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  New Species of Gall Makers in the Aphid Genus of Plant Lice Found in China

  November 1, 2011 — Aphid researchers found one new species, Aleurodaphis sinojackiae, from Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, China. It forms leaf galls on jack trees and is one of two known gall makers in the plant lice ... > full story
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  Mould Fungi Can Cure Plants

  October 31, 2011 — Genetic research has yielded remarkable insights on mold fungi. This opens the door to the specialized use of fungi in ... > full story

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