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Using cotton candy to create bloodflow routes

Chemistry /

created Feb 11, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cotton candy has delighted children for a century. Now it may have found a new role: helping scientists grow replacement tissues for people. The flossy stuff may be just right for creating networks of blood ...





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ARS Survey Helps Growers Track Two Key Cotton Pests

ARS Survey Helps Growers Track Two Key Cotton Pests

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cotton growers will be better able to keep an eye out for two common pests because of a comprehensive survey by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists at College Station, Texas.


Beneficial Nocturnal Insects Help Combat Pests in Texas

Beneficial Nocturnal Insects Help Combat Pests in Texas

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Texas are staying up late to search for beneficial insects that feed on crops pest eggs at night.


GM crops protect neighbors from pests

Biology /

created Sep 18, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A study in northern China indicates that genetically modified cotton, altered to express the insecticide, Bt, not only reduces pest populations among those crops, but also reduces pests among other nearby crops that have ...


Things To Ponder While Eating Halloween Candy

Things To Ponder While Eating Halloween Candy

Other Sciences / Other

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

For kids, ringing a neighbor's doorbell, yelling "trick or treat," and receiving candy brings plenty of smiles, but for many the real fun of Halloween happens when you turn your plastic jack-o'-lantern candy ...


The sweet world of soil microbiology

Other Sciences / Other

created May 01, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Using classroom, hands-on activities can help instructors to communicate difficult scientific concepts and stimulate student thinking. Despite its importance, the diversity in soil microbes can conceptually be difficult to ...


Is transgenic cotton more profitable?

Biology /

created Feb 18, 2008 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Transgenic cotton cultivars were planted on almost 93% of U.S. cotton acres in 2007. Transgenic cultivars with pest-managing traits are dual-purpose products. The cultivars produce lint and seed, while the expressed propriety ...


Enjoy candy without the cavities thanks to a UCLA professor of dentistry

Enjoy candy without the cavities thanks to a UCLA professor of dentistry

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 29, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

What Willy Wonka did for chocolate, UCLA microbiologist Wenyuan Shi is doing for lollipops.


Safe seed: Researchers yielding good results on food cotton in field

Safe seed: Researchers yielding good results on food cotton in field

Biology / Biotechnology

created Sep 04, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Field trials of a new cotton are verifying previous lab and greenhouse studies indicating the crop could become a source of protein for millions of malnourished people in the world.


Experiment demonstrates 110 years of sustainable agriculture

Biology /

created Sep 29, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (19) | comments 1

A plot of land on the campus of Auburn University shows that 110 years of sustainable farming practices can produce similar cotton crops to those using other methods.


CDC: Fewer schools selling candy, soda to students (Update)

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Fewer U.S. high schools and middle schools are selling candy and salty snacks to students, the federal government said in a report released Monday.



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