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Researchers identify a process that regulates seed germination

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 11, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Purdue University researchers have determined a process that regulates activity of genes that control seed germination and seedling development.





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New Spray Improves Plants' Cold Tolerance

New Spray Improves Plants' Cold Tolerance

Biology /

created Jul 08, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Studies indicate a spray co-developed by a University of Alabama scientist increases plants’ tolerance of cold temperatures by several degrees.


Zero tolerance, zero effect: Stats show laws 'inert'

Other Sciences / Economics

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (11) | comments 1

As college administrators, social scientists and law enforcement officials across the country continue to debate whether the drinking age should be 18 instead of 21, a Sam Houston State University economist challenges a related ...


Big freeze plunged Europe into ice age in months

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (17) | comments 7

In the film, 'The Day After Tomorrow' the world enters the icy grip of a new glacial period within the space of just a few weeks. Now new research shows that this scenario may not be so far from the truth after all.


Plants see the light to help beat the big freeze

Biology /

created Dec 07, 2007 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (11) | comments 1

Plants use changes in light quality to make their own ‘antifreeze’, a new University of Leicester study has shown.


Ice Cold: Cooler Than Being Cool

Ice Cold: Cooler Than Being Cool

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (10) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Water expands when it freezes. Anyone who has ever left a can of soda or bottle of water in the freezer too long has witnessed this first hand. So how do plants and animals survive severe ...


Spring cold snap helps with stream ecosystem research

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

A rare April freeze in 2007 provided researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory with further evidence that climate change could have negative effects on stream and forest ecosystems.


Glucose intolerance in pregnancy associated with postpartum cardiovascular risk

Medicine & Health / Health

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

Women who have gestational glucose intolerance (a condition less severe than gestational diabetes) exhibit multiple cardiovascular risk factors as early as three months after birth, according to a new study accepted for publication ...


When 'just say no' isn't enough: Try science

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 03, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Teens are fascinated by their brains, the way they work, change, and even "freeze" sometimes. The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) recommends that parents, teachers and caregivers use that fascination ...


Drought tolerant cowpea can improve crop yield in arid West Africa

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Even the highly drought-resistant cowpea (a long type of legume) now has an increasingly difficult time surviving in the Sahel countries where climate change has resulted in shorter and less frequent rainy seasons. Wageningen ...


A Royal Bengal tiger

Dead tigers to be frozen, studied

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 08, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Thirty tigers have died in the country's various sanctuaries and reserves this year. With many of the deaths being suspect, the state has decided to take some action.



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