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  New Research Confirms Plight of Bumble Bees, Persistence of Other Bees in Northeast

  March 4, 2013 — A new study shows that although certain bumble bees are at risk, other bee species in the northeastern United States persisted across a 140-year period despite expanding human populations and ... > full story
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  Don't Be Fooled: Flowers Mislead Traditional Taxonomy

  March 4, 2013 — For hundreds of years, plant taxonomists have worked to understand how species are related. Until relatively recently, their only reliable source of information about these relationships was the ... > full story
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  New Insights Into Plant Evolution

  March 1, 2013 — New research has uncovered a mechanism that regulates the reproduction of plants, providing a possible tool for engineering higher yielding ... > full story
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  Research Rides Dragon to the International Space Station

  March 1, 2013 — A second contracted flight for the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station will be twice as nice for researchers working with investigations on the orbiting laboratory. While ... > full story
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  Historic Datasets Reveal Effects of Climate Change and Habitat Loss on Plant-Pollinator Networks

  February 28, 2013 — Two biologists at Washington University in St. Louis were delighted to discover a meticulous dataset on a plant-pollinator network recorded by Illinois naturalist Charles Robertson between 1884 and ... > full story

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  Fighting GM Crop Vandalism With a Government-Protected Research Site

  February 28, 2013 — Genetically modified (GM) crops have been a source of great controversy -- particularly in Europe -- but acts of vandalism and associated security costs have made scientific evidence about the health ... > full story
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  'Fat Worms' Inch Scientists Toward Better Biofuel Production

  February 26, 2013 — Fat worms confirm that researchers have successfully engineered a plant with oily leaves -- a feat that could enhance biofuel production as well as lead to improved animal ... > full story
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  A Promising Fruit: The Tree Tomato

  February 25, 2013 — Biologists are collaborating in the characterization of genetic resource of the tree tomato to enhance its cultivation and commercialization in Andean and Mediterranean ... > full story
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  Climate Change Effect on Plant Communities Is Buffered by Large Herbivores, New Research Suggests

  February 19, 2013 — Can existing ecological communities persist intact as temperatures rise? A news study suggests that the answer to this question may have as much to do with the biological interactions that shape ... > full story
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  'Growing' Medicines in Plants Requires New Regulations, Experts Say

  February 19, 2013 — Scientists say amending an EU directive on GMOs could help stimulate innovation in making vaccines, cheaper pharmaceuticals and organic plastics using ... > full story

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