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New population of highly threatened greater bamboo lemur found in Madagascar
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Jul 22, 2008 |
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Researchers in Madagascar have confirmed the existence of a population of greater bamboo lemurs more than 400 kilometers (240 miles) from the only other place where the Critically Endangered species is known to live, raising ...
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A fabric with green sheen: Fast-growing bamboo offers more eco-friendly cloth
Mar 02, 2009 |
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Anne Kai, of Lacey, Wash., owns a small, hand-dyed fabric business with an environmental slant.
It started with a squeak: Moonlight serenade helps lemurs pick mates of the right species
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May 07, 2008 |
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Lonely hearts columns testify that finding a partner can be hard enough, but at least most human beings can be fairly certain that when we do we have got one of the right species. Things aren’t so simple for ...
A boost for bamboo-based blouses and blankets
Apr 07, 2008 |
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Rising interest in “sustainable” fabrics is fostering a bamboo boom, in which bamboo-based fabrics are hitting the market as a leading eco-friendly textile.
A full-sized California-style home made of bamboo
Apr 08, 2009 |
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A new type of eco-friendly residential house made of bamboo now stands in Changsha, Hunan Province, China.
Bleached chopsticks warning issued
Oct 05, 2006 |
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Taiwanese officials say they've found excessive levels of sulfur dioxide in some bamboo products, including disposable chopsticks and skewers.
Bamboo instant houses will soon shelter Sichuan quake victims
Jun 02, 2008 |
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A USC Viterbi School of Engineering professor on sabbatical in China has created a prototype of a sturdy, quick-to-build bamboo house designed to help the vast number of people made homeless by the May 12 ...
New theory on why male, female lemurs same size
Jul 14, 2009 |
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When it comes to investigating mysteries, Sherlock Holmes has nothing on Rice University biologist Amy Dunham. In a newly published paper, Dunham offers a new theory for one of primatology's long-standing ...
Lemur's evolutionary history may shed light on our own
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Feb 25, 2008 |
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After swabbing the cheeks of more than 200 lemurs and related primates to collect their DNA, researchers at the Duke Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy (IGSP) and Duke Lemur Center now have a much clearer ...
Genomic fossils in lemurs shed light on origin and evolution of HIV and other primate lentiviruses
Mar 20, 2009 |
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A retrovirus related to HIV became stably integrated into the genome of several lemurs around 4.2 million years ago, according to research led by Dr. Cédric Feschotte at the University of Texas, Arlington. Published ...
Truck-safe bamboo bridge opens in China
Dec 12, 2007 |
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In China bamboo is used for furniture, artwork, building scaffolding, panels for concrete casting and now, truck bridges.
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