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Anti-biotech groups obstruct forest biotechnology

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (7) | comments 5

The potential of forest biotechnology to help address significant social and environmental issues is being "strangled at birth" by the rigid opposition of some groups and regulations that effectively preclude ...





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Nanoscopic screening process to speed drug discovery

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Oct 06, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Researchers at Wake Forest University are using nanotechnology to search for new cancer-fighting drugs through a process that could be up to 10,000 times faster than current methods.


New chameleon species discovered in East Africa

New chameleon species discovered in East Africa (w/ Podcast)

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new species of chameleon has been discovered in Tanzania by a team of scientists.


Media source impacts ag biotech communication

Other Sciences / Other

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Communication between the public and government is a necessary component of public trust. For many modern issues, constituents trust that their legislators understand the science behind these topics and pass legislation for ...


Carbon-offsetting and conservation can both be winners in rainforest

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Logged rainforests can support as much plant, animal and insect life as virgin forest within 15 years if properly managed, research at the University of Leeds has found.


Researcher finds forest birds ‘commuting’ to attract mates

Researcher finds forest birds 'commuting' to attract mates

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- An ecologist at the University of Rhode Island studying habitat use by a forest-dwelling game bird found that the birds unexpectedly exhibited what he described as "the bar scene phenomenon" ...


A partial view of the lenga's forest

Nearly 70 percent of Argentine forests lost in a century

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 26, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Argentina has lost nearly 70 percent of its forests in a century, the Environmental Secretariat said at a UN conference on desertification.


Time of day matters to thirsty trees, researcher discovers

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The time of day matters to forest trees dealing with drought, according to a new paper produced by a research team led by Professor Malcolm Campbell, University of Toronto Scarborough's vice-principal for research and colleagues ...


New research shows versatility of amniotic fluid stem cells

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

For the first time, scientists have demonstrated that stem cells found in amniotic fluid meet an important test of potential to become specialized cell types, which suggests they may be useful for treating a wider array of ...


Global warming may spur increased growth in Pacific Northwest forests

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Global warming in the next century could cause a significant increase in the productivity of high-elevation forests of the Pacific Northwest, a new study suggests. However, forests at lower elevations - which in recent years ...


Forest Service Web-based tool helps manage environmental risk

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The U.S. Forest Service Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center (EFETAC) recently launched the Comparative Risk Assessment Framework and Tools (CRAFT), a user-friendly, Web-based support system that helps natural ...



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