Citrus surprise: Vitamin C boosts the reprogramming of adult cells into stem cells

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

Dec 24, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (26) | 3

Famous for its antioxidant properties and role in tissue repair, vitamin C is touted as beneficial for illnesses ranging from the common cold to cancer and perhaps even for slowing the aging process. Now, ...

New Yorkers beware! New cockroach hits the Big Apple

Biology / Evolution

Dec 24, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (14) | 3

New Yorkers are used to fighting each other for space, but there may be a new contender in town according to a Rockefeller study that appears to have uncovered a new species of cockroach.

Ladder-walking locusts show big brains aren't always best

Biology / Plants & Animals

Dec 24, 2009 | 5 / 5 (6) | 1

Scientists have shown for the first time that insects, like mammals, use vision rather than touch to find footholds. They made the discovery thanks to high-speed video cameras - technology the BBC uses to ...

Scientists show that plants have measure of the shortest day

Biology / Plants & Animals

Dec 23, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- It is not only people who feel the effects of short winter days - new research by the University of Edinburgh and the University of Warwick has shed light on how plants calculate their own winter solstice. ...

Hot Water Treatment Eliminates Rhizoctonia from Azalea Cuttings

Biology / Ecology

Dec 24, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Rhizoctonia, a fungal disease that can be found in many ornamental plants, can be eliminated in azalea by placing plant cuttings in a hot water treatment, an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) ...