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Breeding Parasite-Resistant Plants

Parasite-resistant peppers green alternatives to chemical pesticides

Biology /

created Nov 12, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Root-knot nematodes are extreme parasites. These microscopic, omnipresent worms cause major damage to horticultural and field crops in sub-tropical regions, resulting in significant financial losses to growers ...





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Does hotter mean healthier?

Does hotter mean healthier?

Biology /

created Feb 03, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Phytophthora blight, caused by Phytophthora capsici, is a major plant disease that affects many crop species worldwide, including chile peppers in New Mexico. Farmers' observations suggested that Phytophthora capsici c ...


Ornamentals to Brighten the Fall Garden Palette

Ornamentals to Brighten the Fall Garden Palette

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 02, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- With “trick-or-treaters” coming soon, imagine two spirited new pepper varieties making an appearance in your neighborhood as well. The new pepper cultivars have been released by the Agricultural ...


Some like it hot! Structure of receptor for hot chili pepper and pain revealed

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created May 19, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (13) | comments 0

You can now not only feel the spicy kick of a jalapeno pepper, you can also see it in full 3D, thanks to researchers at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.


Study of polar dinosaur migration questions whether dinosaurs were truly the first great migrators

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Oct 21, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Contrary to popular belief, polar dinosaurs may not have traveled nearly as far as originally thought when making their bi-annual migration.


Polar dinosaurs may have taken shorter treks

Polar dinosaurs may have taken shorter treks

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Oct 22, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Contrary to popular belief, polar dinosaurs may not have traveled nearly as far as originally thought when making their bi-annual migration.


New hybrid plants could prompt more prodigious pepper production in Southwest

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created Nov 03, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

By themselves or as an ingredient in a variety of foods, including salsa, America's top-selling condiment, peppers have found a warm spot in the hearts and stomachs of U.S. consumers.


Stopping germs from ganging up on humans

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created Nov 20, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Keeping germs from cooperating can delay the evolution of drug resistance more effectively than killing germs one by one with traditional drugs such as antibiotics, according to new research from The University of Arizona ...


A woman watches the trailer for the upcoming movie about Michael Jackson on a computer

Video spurs explosion of Internet traffic

Technology / Internet

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Internet traffic will have increased six fold by 2012 in a five-year period as more users view and post videos online, delegates at an Internet forum heard on Wednesday.


A misplaced dinosaur tooth may have been cannibalism

A misplaced dinosaur tooth may have been cannibalism

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- You don't have to be a paleontologist to suppose that way back when dinosaurs roamed the Earth chances were good meat eaters would dined on one of their own. Short of a time-machine trip back ...


'The Sims' return with more personality quirks (AP)

'The Sims' return with more personality quirks

Technology / Software

created May 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- Maybe it's neat, childish, lucky, ambitious and insane - just depends on what traits gamers choose for their neighborhood of virtual playthings in "The Sims 3," Electronic Arts and Maxis' popular ...



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