News tagged with organic herb

It's time to green this old (White) House - again

(AP) -- President Barack Obama will find out two things as he studies how to make the White House more environmentally friendly:

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 29, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (21) | comments 2




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77,000-year-old evidence for early 'bedding', use of medicinal plants at South African rock shelter

What were the daily lives of modern humans like more than 50,000 years ago?

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Herbal abortion helps African women

Researchers at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, have examined a number of plants which are used for illegal abortions in Tanzania. The lab tests show that several of the plants can make the ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Aug 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

What determines a company's performance? The shape of the CEO's face

Believe it or not, one thing that predicts how well a CEO's company performs is the width of his face. CEOs with wider faces, like Herb Kelleher, the former CEO of Southwest Airlines, have better-performing companies than ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 25, 2011 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (8) | comments 14 | with audio podcast

Enzyme's structure reveals basis for head, sex organ deformities

Scientists this month reported the molecular structural basis for severe head deformities and ambiguous sex organs in babies born with Antley-Bixler syndrome accompanied by an enzyme deficiency.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Papaya plants reduce the need for pesticides on tomatoes in Florida, new study finds

Whiteflies can be biologically controlled in Florida greenhouse tomatoes, according to a new University of Florida study, which helps reduce the need for pesticide applications.

Biology / Other

created Jun 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Experts: Seeds tainted by E. coli still out there

(AP) -- Health experts warned Thursday there could be more E. coli cases across Europe and elsewhere after finding that recent deadly outbreaks were probably linked to contaminated Egyptian fenugreek seeds.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jun 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Female mate choice enhances offspring fitness in an annual herb

In many organisms females directly or indirectly select mates (or sperm) and potentially influence the fitness of their offspring. Mate choice and sexual selection in plants is more complex in some ways than ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study of phytoremediation benefits of 86 indoor plants published

Formaldehyde is a major contaminant of indoor air, originating from particle board, carpet, window coverings, paper products, tobacco smoke, and other sources. Indoor volatile organic compounds (VOCs) such as formaldehyde ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

E. coli outbreak blamed on German veggie sprouts

(AP) -- The terrifying E. coli outbreak in Europe appears to have been caused by vegetable sprouts grown on an organic farm in Germany, an agriculture official said Sunday as the toll climbed to at least ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jun 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Eye on the environment

The Canadian Arctic. The Amazonian jungle. The fringes of an African rainforest.

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created Jun 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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