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Plant Molecular Biologist Are Getting to the Root of the Matter
July 8, 2013 Plant molecular biologists go looking for the genetics of poplar root growth in low-nitrogen soil and wind up with a model for genetic ... > full story -
Solitary Lemurs Avoid Danger With a Little Help from the Neighbors
July 5, 2013 An endangered species of Madagascan lemur uses the alarm calls of birds and other lemurs to warn it of the presence of predators, a new study has found. This is the first time this phenomenon has ... > full story -
New Concept for Biofuel Cells: Tree Fungus Lets Current Flow
July 5, 2013 Scientists have found a way to make a species of tree fungus useful for the production of ... > full story -
New Hardware Design Protects Data in the Cloud
July 2, 2013 A new hardware design makes data encryption more secure by disguising cloud servers' memory-access ... > full story -
Climate Change: Disequilibrium Will Become the Norm in the Plant Communities of the Future
July 1, 2013 Global climate change will induce large changes to the plant communities on Earth, but these will typically occur with major time lags. Many plants will remain long after the climate has become ... > full story -
El Nino Unusually Active in the Late 20th Century: Is It Because of Global Warming?
June 30, 2013 Reliable prediction of El Nino response to global warming is difficult, as El Nino varies naturally over decades and centuries. Instrumental records are too short to determine whether recent changes ... > full story -
Climate Change Threatens Forest Survival on Drier, Low-Elevation Sites
June 28, 2013 Predicted increases in temperature and drought in the coming century may make it more difficult for conifers such as ponderosa pine to regenerate after major forest fires on dry, low-elevation sites, ... > full story -
Beautiful but Hiding Unpleasant Surprise: Three New Species of Fetid Fungi from New Zealand
June 27, 2013 Scientists describe three new species of fungi from New Zealand. The new species belong to the genus Gymnopus and are mostly distinguished by their unpleasant odor typical for the subgroup of ... > full story -
Ailanthus Tree's Status as Invasive Species Offers Lesson in Human Interaction
June 24, 2013 An exotic tree species that changed from prized possession to forest management nightmare serves as a lesson in the unpredictability of non-native species mixing with human interactions, according to ... > full story -
Study of Insect Bacteria Reveals Genetic Secrets of Symbiosis
June 20, 2013 Microbiologists recently delved deeper into the genes involved in the "tripartite nested mealybug symbiosis." The researchers discovered the already complex three-way symbiosis actually depends on ... > full story
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