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Red pandas reveal an unexpected (artificial) sweet tooth

Biology / Other

created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers from the Monell Center report that the red panda is the first non-primate mammal to display a liking for the artificial sweetener aspartame. This unexpected affinity for an artificial sweetener may reflect structural ...





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Botanists identify new species of North American bamboo

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created Mar 13, 2007 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Two Iowa State University botanists and their colleague at the University of North Carolina have discovered a new species of North American bamboo in the hills of Appalachia. It is the third known native species ...


Magnetic leaves reveal Bellingham's most polluted byways

Magnetic leaves reveal Bellingham's most polluted byways

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Tree leaves may be powerful tools for monitoring air quality and planning biking routes and walking paths, suggests a new study by scientists at Western Washington University in Bellingham. The research will ...


Sun or shade: Pecan leaves' photosynthetic light response evaluated

Sun or shade: Pecan leaves' photosynthetic light response evaluated

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pecan, the most valuable nut tree native to North America, is native from northern Illinois and southeastern Iowa to the Gulf Coast of the United States, where it grows abundantly along the Mississippi River, ...


For African violets, 'hands off' means healthier

For African violets, 'hands off' means healthier

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

African violets have a mixed reputation. Their delicate, colorful flowers and furry, soft leaves make them a favorite among home gardeners and growers. But the striking plants are often regarded as temperamental: ...


Light, photosynthesis help bacteria invade fresh produce

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Exposure to light and possibly photosynthesis itself could be helping disease-causing bacteria to be internalized by lettuce leaves, making them impervious to washing, according to research published in the October issue ...


Japanese researchers say they have found a way to make plant leaves absorb more carbon dioxide

Extra pores on plants could ease global warming: Japan study

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (10) | comments 4

Japanese researchers said Thursday they had found a way to make plant leaves absorb more carbon dioxide in an innovation that may one day help ease global warming and boost food production.


The first neotropical rainforest was home of the Titanoboa

The first neotropical rainforest was home of the Titanoboa

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Smithsonian researchers working in Colombia's Cerrejón coal mine have unearthed the first megafossil evidence of a neotropical rainforest. Titanoboa, the world's biggest snake, lived in this forest ...


Scientists simulate dinosaur digestion in the lab

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created Feb 06, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (14) | comments 1

Scientists from the University of Bonn are researching which plants giant dinosaurs could have lived off more than 100 million years ago. They want to find out how the dinosaurs were able to become as large as they did. In ...


Chinese experts say there are only about 1,600 wild pandas in China

Panda genome resembles dog: Chinese media

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 13, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (9) | comments 1

A detailed genome map of the giant panda completed by Chinese scientists has shown that the notoriously shy animal is genetically similar to the dog, state media reported Sunday.


Partial lunar eclipse will take place on 31st December

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a lunar eclipse, the Earth, Sun and Moon are almost exactly in line and the Moon is on the opposite side of the Earth from the Sun.



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