News tagged with tulip
Researcher offers toil-free tip to plant tulips
Just till and fill, and toil no more when planting tulip bulbs. A Cornell study shows that a much easier method of planting tulip bulbs is just as effective as digging the traditional 6 to 8 inch holes for ...
Oct 13, 2011 |
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Cape tulips -- pretty but pests in pastures
CSIRO and the Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia (DAFWA) are collaborating to try to outwit one of southern Australia's worst agricultural weeds.
Aug 17, 2009 |
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The tulip entered Europe through al-Andalus five centuries before believed
A new study carried out at the University of Cordoba and the School of Arabic Studies provides information on the arrival of the flower to Europe. Contrary to what was thought up until now, the first bulbs ...
Apr 16, 2009 |
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Scientists discover unusual 'tulip' creature
A bizarre creature that lived in the ocean more than 500 million years ago has emerged from the famous Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale in the Canadian Rockies.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jan 18, 2012 |
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Do iridescent flowers have more pollinating power?
(AP) -- Scientists are showing off a little-known property of some common garden flowers: They're iridescent, meaning that light shimmers off them like the back of a CD.
Jul 06, 2011 |
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How flowers use a touch of bling to woo the bees
(PhysOrg.com) -- Beetles use it, birds use it. Plants use it too. Iridescence is the shimmery colour effect that makes things eye-catching.
Jul 04, 2011 |
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Manure entrepreneur turns dairy waste into green energy
The back end of a cow provides the front end of the green-energy business that Kevin Maas is slowly expanding in Western Washington and Oregon.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jun 14, 2011 |
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Forecast calls for nanoflowers to help return eyesight
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Oregon researcher Richard Taylor is on a quest to grow flowers that will help people who've lost their sight, such as those suffering from macular degeneration, to see again.
May 05, 2011 |
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Signals of past say big droughts can hit U.S. east
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists examining rings from old trees spanning the last 400 years say they show that the U.S. East Coast has suffered droughts longer and more frequent than anything recorded in modern ...
Mar 24, 2011 |
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Review: Verizon iPhone comes, but should you buy?
(AP) -- Ever since Apple's iPhone went on sale in 2007, Verizon Wireless customers have held out hope that, one day, AT&T's grip as its exclusive U.S. distributor would be broken.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Feb 03, 2011 |
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Winning flowers paired to complement one another
Spring dreamin' this holiday season? If you're thinking about spring gardens, Cornell researchers have taken a lot of the guesswork out of pairing perennials and spring-flowering bulbs. They've conducted trials ...
Dec 22, 2010 |
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Master's student takes top thesis competition while tackling prostate cancer research
The future of cancer treatment and a University of Alberta graduate student's personal career prospects are looking bright. Weiyang Liu beat competitors from 80 of the best university graduate schools in western North America ...
Dec 17, 2010 |
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Cheaper drugs, vaccines forecast as collaborations grow between developing countries' biotech firms
The availability of more affordable drugs, vaccines and diagnostics that would help countless people worldwide is the foremost benefit expected from a growing number of collaborations between biotech firms in developing countries, ...
May 10, 2010 |
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