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Lithium

Lithium to be extracted from geothermal waste

Technology / Energy

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (14) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- A technique developed by a Californian company, Simbol Mining, will enable the valuable mineral lithium, widely used in high-density batteries, to be reclaimed from the hot waste water produced ...


Watermelon: Fruit on the Fast Track

Watermelon: Fruit on the Fast Track

Biology / Biotechnology

created 23 hours ago | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are studying how watermelons grow from tiny flowers to plus-size, market-ready produce in only five weeks. Their findings have resulted in the ...


Japanese researchers say they have found a way to make plant leaves absorb more carbon dioxide

Extra pores on plants could ease global warming: Japan study

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (10) | comments 4

Japanese researchers said Thursday they had found a way to make plant leaves absorb more carbon dioxide in an innovation that may one day help ease global warming and boost food production.


Charles Darwin: More than the origin

Charles Darwin: More than the origin

Biology / Evolution

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Although Charles Darwin is most well-known for his book On the Origin of Species, in which he described the process of natural selection, he greatly contributed to many specific fields within biology. As ...


The future of organic ornamental plants

The future of organic ornamental plants

Biology / Other

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Whether plants are grown for food or ornamental use, conventional agricultural production methods have the same environmental impact. Pesticides, herbicides, and chemical fertilizers can find their way into ...


Europe's flora is becoming impoverished

Europe's flora is becoming impoverished

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

With increasing species richness, due to more plant introductions than extinctions, plant communities of many European regions are becoming more homogeneous. The same species are occurring more frequently, ...


Vermicompost from pig manure grows healthy hibiscus

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Vermicomposting, the practice of using earthworms to turn waste into nutrient-rich fertilizer, can be an economical, organic waste management practice. During vermicomposting, earthworms and microorganisms stabilize organic ...


Study on land plant fossils shows Paleoasian Ocean disappeared about 251 million years ago

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A latest discovery of land plant fossils from Heilongjiang, Northeast China shows that the Siberian Plate sutured with the North China Plate at the end of the Permian, and resulted in the final closure of the Paleoasian Ocean ...


Newly identified enzymes help plants sense elevated CO2 and could lead to water-wise crops

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Biologists have identified plant enzymes that may help to engineer plants that take advantage of elevated carbon dioxide to use water more efficiently. The finding could help to engineer crops that take advantage of rising ...


A special kind of flight training

A special kind of flight training

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new generation of flight simulators will attempt to make air traffic safer.



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