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The emerging story of plant roots

Biology /

created Jul 15, 2008 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

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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Long-term study of orchard ground cover management systems

Long-term study of orchard ground cover management systems

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 27, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Orchard floor and groundcover management is important to fruit growers, affecting the efficiency of orchard operations, fruit tree performance, and soil quality.


New Pest-Resistant Habanero Joins Peck of ARS-Created Peppers

New Pest-Resistant Habanero Joins Peck of ARS-Created Peppers

Biology / Other

created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new red-fruited habanero is the latest pepper with resistance to root-knot nematodes to be released by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists.


Hybrid composite for root canal treatment

Hybrid composite for root canal treatment

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A dentist carrying out root canal treatment will need to use a variety of compounds. These do not always bond together properly and sometimes expensive follow-up treatment has to be performed. ...


Golf course putting greens show their age

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 04, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Just like the rest of us, golf courses show their age -- especially on putting greens, which experience more foot traffic than anywhere else on golf courses. Putting greens, which comprise only about 1.6% of the total area ...


Researchers identify new mechanism of blocking HIV-1 from entering cells

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Publishing in PLoS Pathogens, researchers at from the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson have found a novel mechanism by which drugs block HIV-1 from entering host cells.


When roots lose contact

When roots lose contact

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Plant roots can shrink as a result of water deficit and lose contact with the surrounding soil. This effect has been suspected for a long time, but has only now been demonstrated for a fact with the help of ...


Nuisance or nutrient? Kudzu shows promise as a dietary supplement

Nuisance or nutrient? Kudzu shows promise as a dietary supplement

Chemistry / Other

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Kudzu, the nuisance vine that has overgrown almost 10 million acres in the southeastern United States, may sprout into a dietary supplement. Scientists in Alabama and Iowa are reporting the first evidence ...


Plants recognize siblings, and UD researchers have discovered how

Plants recognize siblings, researchers discover how

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 0

Plants may not have eyes and ears, but they can recognize their siblings, and researchers at the University of Delaware have discovered how.


Brazilians judge facial beauty differently than North Americans

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 04, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Standard ideals of facial beauty and harmony may differ depending on geographic location, with a specific difference between North American beauty ideals and those of Brazilians.


In search of the root causes of the 2008 crisis: New York Fed to hear new theory on financial meltdown

Other Sciences / Economics

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Anjan Thakor, finance professor at the Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis, will present a new theory on the causes of the financial crisis to a meeting of the New York Federal Reserve ...



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