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Tracking Endangered Elephants With Satellite Technology
May 24, 2012 — GPS and satellite technology is helping experts develop a long term strategy to protect the endangered Malaysian ... > full story -
Tobacco Plants Advertise Their Defensive Readiness to Attacking Leafhoppers
May 23, 2012 — Empoasca is not a typical pest of wild tobacco. When this plant grows in its natural habitats in North America, however, it is attacked by tobacco hornworm larvae. This specialist insect is resistant ... > full story -
Plant Growth Without Light Control
May 16, 2012 — Plants are dependent on the sun. Sunlight does not only supply them with energy, but also controls their development steps. So-called photoreceptors activate the processes of germination, leaf ... > full story -
Tiny Plants Could Cut Costs, Shrink Environmental Footprint
May 15, 2012 — Tall, waving corn fields that line Midwestern roads may one day be replaced by dwarfed versions that require less water, fertilizer and other inputs, thanks to a fungicide commonly used on golf ... > full story -
First Ever Record of Insect Pollination from 100 Million Years Ago
May 14, 2012 — Amber from the Cretaceous period found in Spain has revealed the first ever fossil record of insect pollination. Scientists discovered and studied with X-rays at the ESRF a specimen of a tiny insect ... > full story -
Plant Protein Discovery Could Boost Bioeconomy
May 14, 2012 — Three proteins have been found to be involved in the accumulation of fatty acids in plants. The discovery could help plant scientists boost seed oil production in crops. And that could boost the ... > full story -
Absence of Elephants and Rhinoceroses Reduces Biodiversity in Tropical Forests
May 11, 2012 — The progressive disappearance of seed-dispersing animals like elephants and rhinoceroses puts the structural integrity and biodiversity of the tropical forest of South-East Asia at risk. Experts have ... > full story -
Soybeans Soaked in Warm Water Naturally Release Key Cancer-Fighting Substance
May 9, 2012 — Soybeans soaking in warm water could become a new "green" source for production of a cancer-fighting substance now manufactured in a complicated and time-consuming industrial process, scientists are ... > full story -
First Light: Researchers Develop New Way to Generate Superluminal Pulses
May 3, 2012 — Researchers have developed a novel way of producing light pulses that are "superluminal" -- in some sense they travel faster than the speed of light. The new method could be used to improve the ... > full story -
Birds Cultivate Decorative Plants to Attract Mates
April 23, 2012 — Scientists have uncovered the first evidence of a non-human species cultivating plants for use other than as food. Instead, bowerbirds propagate fruits used as decorations in their sexual displays. ... > full story
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