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Parasite-resistant peppers green alternatives to chemical pesticides
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Nov 12, 2008 |
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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 ...
New 'scrubber' speeds removal of powerful anthrax clean-up agent
Jul 14, 2008 |
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Researchers in New Jersey report discovery of a fast, efficient method for removing a powerful pesticide used to sterilize buildings and equipment following anthrax attacks.
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Alternatives to ozone-depleting pesticide studied
May 07, 2008 |
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Methyl bromide, an odorless, colorless gas used as an agricultural pesticide, was introduced in the 1980s as an effective way to control weeds and increase fruit yields. Agricultural production nurseries around ...
Methyl bromide alternatives indicated for North Carolina tomato production
Feb 03, 2009 |
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Methyl bromide (MeBr) is a highly effective broad-spectrum fumigant used extensively in U.S. agriculture to control a wide variety of pests. Under the Montreal protocol of 1991, however, MeBr was defined as one of the chemicals ...
When smell cells fail they call in stem cell reserves
Apr 29, 2007 |
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Hopkins researchers have identified a backup supply of stem cells that can repair the most severe damage to the nerves responsible for our sense of smell. These reservists normally lie around and do nothing, but when neighboring ...
Advance toward producing biofuels without stressing global food supply
May 07, 2009 |
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Scientists in California are reporting use of a first-of-its-kind approach to craft genetically engineered microbes with the much-sought ability to transform switchgrass, corn cobs, and other organic materials ...
Study: Stem cells report olfactory nerves
Apr 30, 2007 |
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U.S. researchers identified a "backup supply" of stem cells that can repair the most severely damaged nerves responsible for human olfactory sense.
Termite killer lingers as a potent greenhouse gas
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Mar 10, 2009 |
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Sulfuryl fluoride (SO2F2), a gas commonly used to rid buildings of termites and other pests, is a greenhouse gas that remains in the atmosphere about 36 years, six to 10 times longer than previously thoug ...
Two 'new' greenhouse gases growing
Mar 24, 2009 |
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Two new greenhouse gases are accumulating in the atmosphere, according to an international research team led by scientists from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in the US and CSIRO scientist, Dr Paul Fraser, from the ...
Dental chair a possible source of neurotoxic mercury waste
Mar 26, 2008 |
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Mercury is a large component of dental fillings, but it is not believed to pose immediate health risks in that form. When exposed to sulfate-reducing bacteria, however, mercury undergoes a chemical change and becomes methylated, ...
Walnut trees emit aspirin-like chemical to deal with stress
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Sep 18, 2008 |
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Plants in a forest respond to stress by producing significant amounts of a chemical form of aspirin, scientists have discovered. The finding, by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), ...
Paired microbes eliminate methane using sulfur pathway
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Jan 17, 2008 |
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Anaerobic microbes in the Earth's oceans consume 90 percent of the methane produced by methane hydrates – methane trapped in ice – preventing large amounts of methane from reaching the atmosphere. Researchers now have evidence ...
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