http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Does flower water harbour potentially deadly bacteria? Do bedside blooms compete with patients for oxygen? Do bouquets pose a health and safety risk around medical equipment? http://www.physorg.com/news180258763.html Medicine & Health Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:10:01 EST news180258763 (PhysOrg.com) -- Archaeologists from the Universities of Glasgow and Aberdeen have found proof that pre-historic people laid flowers at the graves of their dead. http://www.physorg.com/news180119116.html Other Sciences Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:05:55 EST news180119116 Surplus biomass from the production of flax shives, and generated from Brassica carinata, a yellow-flowered plant related to those which engulf fields in spring, can be used to produce bioethanol. This has been suggested by two studies carried out by Spanish and Dutch researchers and published in the journal Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. http://www.physorg.com/news177936316.html Technology Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:48:10 EST news177936316 Florists and other retailers who sell flowers and plants can now add another tool to their marketing kit. A recent study of "consumption values" may help them understand what influences consumers' choices in regard to floral purchases, and how to better design marketing efforts and purchase stock that can increase customers and sales. http://www.physorg.com/news176569398.html Biology Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:10:01 EST news176569398 Just in time for Halloween, researchers have announced the discovery of a new, real-world "monster" - what they are calling a "unicorn" fly that lived about 100 million years ago and is being described as a new family, genus and species of fly never before observed. http://www.physorg.com/news175787192.html Biology Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:47:29 EST news175787192 (PhysOrg.com) -- A showy butterfly with bright orange-red wings and a 4-inch wingspan is back in the Sacramento metropolitan area after a four-decade absence and in the Davis area after 30 years. http://www.physorg.com/news173029761.html Biology Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:00:01 EST news173029761 An international study involving Monash University mathematician Dr Malcolm Clark has been used to demonstrate the impact of global warming and to predict the effect further warming will have on plant life. http://www.physorg.com/news172397542.html Space & Earth Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:30:04 EST news172397542 Big color, little water, lots of butterflies. How does that sound? That's the story of lantana in a nutshell. But I'm famous for verbosely pontificating on the attributes of plants whenever I have an audience, so let's dig deeper. http://www.physorg.com/news171901076.html Biology Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:30:01 EST news171901076 (PhysOrg.com) -- Why do some plants blossom even when days are short and gray? Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology have found the answer to this question: An endogenous mechanism allows them to flower in the absence of external influences such as long days. A small piece of RNA, a so-called microRNA, has a central role in this process, as a decline of its concentration in the shoot apex triggers flowering. http://www.physorg.com/news169995560.html Biology Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:20:02 EST news169995560 An endangered Chinese tree has flowered in a Belgian arboretum, an event seldom seen anywhere in Europe, the garden's curator said Wednesday. http://www.physorg.com/news169301563.html Biology Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:40:04 EST news169301563 Scientists at UC Santa Barbara have zeroed in on the genes responsible for changing flower color, an area of research that began with Gregor Mendel's studies of the garden pea in the 1850's. http://www.physorg.com/news165503582.html Biology Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:13:30 EST news165503582 When bees collect nectar, how do they hold onto the flower? Cambridge University scientists have shown that it is down to small cone-shaped cells on the petals that act like 'velcro' on the bees' feet. http://www.physorg.com/news161527337.html Biology Thu, 14 May 2009 13:43:08 EST news161527337 The pollen grains of male plants live in great competition. A grain of pollen that succeeds in manipulating the flower`s pistil can emerge victorious from the struggle. This is shown by new research from Lund University in Sweden. http://www.physorg.com/news160991795.html Biology Fri, 08 May 2009 08:56:56 EST news160991795 (PhysOrg.com) -- Brute force rather than aerodynamic efficiency is the key to bumblebee flight, Oxford University scientists have discovered. http://www.physorg.com/news160930969.html Biology Thu, 07 May 2009 16:03:27 EST news160930969 A new study carried out at the University of Cordoba and the School of Arabic Studies provides information on the arrival of the flower to Europe. Contrary to what was thought up until now, the first bulbs could have arrived to Holland, where today the tulip is the country symbol, through 11th century al-Andalus, five centuries before what was believed. http://www.physorg.com/news159108173.html Biology Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:43:39 EST news159108173 Astronauts' meals have come a long way from the freeze-dried powders and semi-liquid pastes of decades ago: now US scientists want to grow vegetables in mini-greenhouses on the Moon. http://www.physorg.com/news158991711.html Space & Earth Wed, 15 Apr 2009 05:22:25 EST news158991711 For the first time, scientists have isolated the parasite Nosema ceranae (Microsporidia) from professional apiaries suffering from honey bee colony depopulation syndrome. They then went on to treat the infection with complete success. http://www.physorg.com/news158930705.html Biology Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:25:34 EST news158930705 Lilies, a floral reminder that winter has passed, frequently appear in homes during spring holidays as potted plants or cut flowers. But for cats, many lilies can be as lethal as they are lovely. http://www.physorg.com/news157987446.html Biology Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:24:25 EST news157987446 Scientific studies of "consumption value" explore the reasons consumers choose particular products and provide marketers with ways to analyze consumer behavior and influence purchasing. Studying the value of consumption is believed to have diagnostic value in the analysis of consumer choice behavior and, therefore, is helpful in improving the efficiency of the market. To enhance efficiency and promotion, it is essential for marketers to know the consumption value that buyers place on products. http://www.physorg.com/news157218301.html Other Sciences Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:46:58 EST news157218301 (PhysOrg.com) -- As the former director and chief executive of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in England, Sir Peter Crane often walked in the footsteps of Charles Darwin. http://www.physorg.com/news152548220.html Biology Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:31:14 EST news152548220 (PhysOrg.com) -- Plants and their pollinators are the focus of ground-breaking research by Dr Heather Whitney, recently appointed Lloyds Fellow in the School of Biological Sciences. Her latest work, carried out at the University of Cambridge and published this month in Science, showed for the first time that bees see some flowers in multi-colour because of previously unknown iridescence of the petals. http://www.physorg.com/news150727129.html Biology Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:38:49 EST news150727129 (PhysOrg.com) -- Bees see some flowers in multicolour because of previously unknown iridescence of the petals, usually invisible to the human eye, researchers from the University of Cambridge report this week in Science. http://www.physorg.com/news150387612.html Biology Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:20:12 EST news150387612 A team of scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has found a way to genetically enhance the scent of flowers and implant a scent in those that don't have one. http://www.physorg.com/news142500136.html Biology Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:22:16 EST news142500136