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Beetles play an important role in reducing weeds

Researchers funded by the UK Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and the French Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) have found that ground beetles reduce the amount of weed seeds in the ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jul 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Wild pollinators contribute more than honeybees

Bumblebees, solitary bees and other wild pollinating insects are much more important for pollinating UK crops than previously thought, say researchers.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 16, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Current biofuels policies are unethical, says UK report

Current UK and European policies on biofuels encourage unethical practices, says a report by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics today following an 18-month inquiry. Policies such as the European Renewable Energy Directive ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Lingering seeds of the sexual revolution

The sexual revolution, commonly defined by The-Pill-enabled swinging ’60s, actually started earlier, continued longer and sparked much broader consequences than the proliferation of free love, according ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 22, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Diesel from waste: Simple, energy-efficient process for producing high-quality fuels from biomass

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the last ten years, biodiesel in the form of fatty acid methyl ester has been promoted as a replacement for fossil-fuel-based diesel fuel. It was soon found that this has its problems ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Feb 03, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (11) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

New disease-resistant food crops in prospect

Researchers have uncovered the genetic basis of remarkable broad-spectrum resistance to a viral infection that, in some parts of the world, is the most important pathogen affecting leafy and arable brassica crops including ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 18, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Best diets to reduce heart disease investigated in new study

A new study at the University of Reading, in collaboration with the Medical Research Council, Cambridge, and three UK universities, has shed new light on dietary recommendations for good health.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 06, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Radioactive boars on the rise in Germany

(AP) -- It was a big shot. A big hog. And a big disappointment.

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 20, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Student uses artificial intelligence to understand bee behaviour

A University of Exeter PhD student has used artificial intelligence to shed new light on the behaviour of bumble bees.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 16, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Humble garden pea helps scientists develop 'cool,' noninvasive diagnostic test of seed quality

Scientists from Kew's Millennium Seed Bank in the United Kingdom and the University of Graz, Austria, have developed a rapid, new method to diagnose seed quality non-invasively and in real time. The results are published ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Feb 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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