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Ohio school district sues over air pollution

Space & Earth / Environment

created 22 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- A school district near Cincinnati is suing a plastics plant, accusing it of continuing to release chemicals in the air that exceed government safety standards.


Whiteflies sabotage alarm system of plant in distress

Whiteflies sabotage alarm system of plant in distress

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- When spider mites attack a bean plant, the plant responds by producing odours which attract predatory mites. These predatory mites then exterminate the spider mite population, thus acting ...


Clean algae biofuel project leads world in productivity

Clean algae biofuel project leads world in productivity

Chemistry / Other

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Australian scientists are achieving the world's best production rates of oil from algae grown in open saline ponds, taking them a step closer to creating commercial quantities of clean biofuel for the future.


Microorganism may provide key to combating giant salvinia throughout Louisiana

Microorganism may provide key to combating giant salvinia throughout Louisiana

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A team of researchers at Louisiana Tech University has found that a naturally occurring microorganism acts as a natural herbicide against giant salvinia.


Japan aims to bury greenhouse gas emissions

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 01, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Swathes of dirty clouds brood over a coal plant in rural Japan, but scientists are now hoping to send the pollutants the other way, deep into the bowels of Mother Earth.


New Switchgrass Germplasm Collected in Florida

New Switchgrass Germplasm Collected in Florida

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and cooperators have collected 46 new populations of switchgrass in Florida, adding valuable new accessions to the germplasm collection of this ...


Protecting the future: How plant stem cells guard against genetic damage

Protecting the future: How plant stem cells guard against genetic damage

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists at the John Innes Centre in Norwich, UK, have shown how plants can protect themselves against genetic damage caused by environmental stresses. The growing tips of plant roots and shoots have an ...


Save the seeds: Scientists are relocating plants that may be affected by climate change

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 1

As warmer temperatures threaten to devastate plant species across the globe, scientists are taking the lead by relocating plants to safer grounds, according to a recent New York Times article.


Time-Tunneling for Climate Change Clues

Time-Tunneling for Climate Change Clues

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- If you look closely at individual plant species' responses in the past, you may find that the largest effects of high carbon dioxide (CO2) levels occurred decades ago, according to Agricultural ...


It's a gas: New discovery may lead to heartier, high-yielding plants

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

In a research report published in the November 2009 issue of the journal Genetics, scientists show how a family of genes (1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate synthase, or ACS genes) are responsible for production of ethyle ...



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