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Plants Under Attack
Plant biologists have
identified the strategy used
by plants to recognize an
attack. When insects ingest
parts of a plant digestion
turns proteins into a
peptide elicitor, which is
secreted back into the plant
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Anti-Freeze For Your Plants
Botanists developed a spray
that, when misted over a
plant, will help it endure
temperatures 2.2 to 9.4
degrees Fahrenheit colder
than it would without the
spray, depending upon the
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Thirsty Plants Text For Help
Interactive
telecommunications
researchers designed a
soil-moisture sensor device
that can allow a house plant
to communicate with its
owner. The device can send
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Can Carbon Dioxide Be A Good Thing?
A physicist from Colorado
State University and his
colleagues from the North
American Carbon Program
(NACP) have discerned and
confirmed the unforeseen
advantages of rising carbon
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Soil Chemists Plant Ferns to Soak Up Backyard Poisons
Planting ferns can be a cheaper, greener way to soak up poisons such as arsenic from the soil. Ferns absorb arsenic through their roots and store it in their leaves, which can then be cut off. ... > more -
Climate Change Researchers Ask Amateur Botanists To Record Signs Of Spring
Researchers began a nationwide initiative to track climate change by recording the timing of the first bud, first flower, and seed dispersal for plants across the country. They encouraged people to ... > more -
Entomologists Buzzing About Vanishing Bee Populations
Entomologists are studying the reasons behind an enormous bee die off happening across the country. They call it Colony Collapse Disorder, and if they cannot find a solution the 80% of fruits and ... > more -
Insect Ecologist Spearheads Creation of Oases for Endangered Butterflies
Waystations for monarch butterflies are sprouting up around the country. With milkweed plants and flowers such as zinnias that produce lots of nectar, these gardens will provide oases for the ... > more -
Horticulture Engineers Take Years to Carefully Grow Bulbs
Of the 1,700 varieties of tulips, about 80 percent come from Holland, which exports more than $700 million's worth of tulips per year. Tulip bulbs take up to five years to fully form, and require ... > more -
Microbiologists and Astrobiologists Help Kids Discover New Species
Extremophiles are microbes that have adapted to extreme environments, such as Utah's Great Salt Lake. But new microorganisms can be found in everyday places, and scientists are showing school kids ... > more -
Horticulturists And Botanists Develop Flower That Blooms All Summer Long
A horticulturist created a hybrid lily lookalike that expresses a lavender-lilac color, strong and upright stems, and winter hardiness. In gardens it blooms until the first hard freeze in the fall in ... > more -
Environmental Engineers Use Algae To Capture Carbon Dioxide
Engineers have designed a simple, sustainable and natural carbon sequestration solution using algae. A team at Ohio University created a photo bioreactor that uses photosynthesis to grow algae, ... > more -
Biological Engineers Generate Natural Gas with Bacteria
A new kind of waste digester uses two different strains of bacteria in different tanks. This would normally take place in the same environment, but microbiologists have now separated it into two ... > more -
Scientist Measures Land Used by Lawns
Using census data, satellite images, aerial photographs, and computer simulations, a NASA scientist estimated that turf grass is the single-largest irrigated crop in the United States, three times ... > more
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