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Hormone clue to root growth
Jul 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Plant roots provide the crops we eat with water, nutrients and anchorage. Understanding how roots grow and how hormones control that growth is crucial to improving crop yields, which will be necessary to ...
Robots with fins, tails demonstrate evolution
May 29, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Robots wag their tail fins and bob along like bathtub toys in a pool at a Vassar College lab. Their actions are dictated by microprocessors housed in round plastic containers, the sort you'd store ...
The emerging story of plant roots
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Jul 15, 2008 |
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An international group of European and US scientists led by the Centre for Plant Integrative Biology at The University of Nottingham have uncovered a fascinating new insight into the unseen side of plant biology — the root.
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How cells change gears
Apr 20, 2009 |
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Bioinformatics researchers from UC San Diego just moved closer to unlocking the mystery of how human cells switch from "proliferation mode" to "specialization mode." This computational biology work from the ...
Hypoxia training suppresses harmful cardiac nitric oxide production during heart attack
May 23, 2008 |
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Researchers at the University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas have demonstrated that, contrary to prevailing dogma, hypoxia can be remarkably beneficial to the heart.
Embryonic stem cells, reprogrammed skin cells have inherent differences
Jul 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- UCLA researchers have found that embryonic stem cells and skin cells reprogrammed into embryonic-like cells have inherent molecular differences, demonstrating for the first time that the two ...
New research touches a nerve
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Aug 20, 2008 |
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University of Queensland researchers have traced the origins of one of the most important steps in animal evolution – the development of nerves.
Simple genetic mechanism may be behind the origin of species
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Jan 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Some of the secrets behind the emergence of new species have been uncovered in a genetic study, conducted in collaboration with bioscientists at The University of Nottingham.
Researcher identifies genetic patterning in fruit fly development
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Dec 02, 2008 |
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No matter the species, from flies to humans, we all start the same: a single-cell fertilized egg that embarks on an incredible journey. The specifics of this journey are being uncovered at Rutgers University–Camden, where ...
When she's turned on, some of her genes turn off
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Dec 10, 2007 |
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When a female is attracted to a male, entire suites of genes in her brain turn on and off, show biologists from The University of Texas at Austin studying swordtail fish.
Scientists consider Darwin's contribution
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Feb 12, 2008 |
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Charles Darwin's upcoming 200th birthday is prompting some U.S. scientists to consider the Victorian-era naturalist's contribution to modern science.
Noise echoes in cell communications
Feb 01, 2007 |
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Can't hear? Turn up the white noise, says a team of Rutgers-Camden professors who have produced a mathematical explanation for the benefits of noise. Their findings could lead to major improvements in hearing aid technology.
Taking the sting out of insect disease
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Oct 31, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Queensland researchers have made a discovery that could open up a new front in the fight against insect-transmitted diseases.
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