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Scientists Identify Stem-Cell Genes That Help Form Plant Organs
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Feb 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Plant stem-cells are master cells located at the tip of the stem and are part of a structure called the shoot apical meristem (SAM). Here, the stem cells—all clumped together—divide throughout ...
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Suicide More Likely Among Divorced Immigrants
Mar 19, 2008 |
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Divorced immigrants are more than twice as likely to commit suicide as native-born Americans who are divorced, according to a study of Riverside County residents co-authored by UC Riverside sociology professor Augustine J. ...
New LED lights have a bright future for communication
Aug 12, 2009 |
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Imagine a world where bright, energy sipping, cheap, durable LEDs light the world. A world where if you have enough light to see, you are connected.
LED lights build communication network
Aug 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Imagine a world where bright, energy-sipping, cheap, durable LEDs light the world. A world where if you have enough light to see, you are connected. The University of California, Riverside ...
Book by UC Riverside biologist explains Darwin's 'Origin of Species'
Nov 09, 2009 |
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Many people have tried to read Charles Darwin's "Origin of Species," whose publication celebrates its 150th anniversary this month, but gave up.
Ecologists Say Metabolism Accounts for Why Natural Selection Favors Only Some Species
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Nov 03, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Why are some species of plants and animals favored by natural selection? And why does natural selection not favor other species similarly?
Largest ever survey of very distant galaxy clusters completed
Jun 30, 2009 |
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An international team of researchers led by a UC Riverside astronomer has completed the largest ever survey designed to find very distant clusters of galaxies.
UC Riverside researcher names lichen after President Barack Obama
Apr 15, 2009 |
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A researcher at UC Riverside has discovered a new species of lichen - a plant-like growth that looks like moss or a dry leaf - and named it after President Barack Obama.
Scientist Makes Another Breakthrough on Corrosion-Resistant Zeolite Coating
Jan 29, 2008 |
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Hexavalent chromium played the villain in the film “Erin Brockovich,” causing severe and permanent health problems for people living near a power plant.
Carbenes: New molecules have wide applications
Oct 22, 2009 |
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Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have created in the laboratory a class of carbenes, highly reactive molecules, used to make catalysts - substances that facilitate chemical reactions. ...
Remembrance of Things Past Influences How Female Field Crickets Select Mates
Apr 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- UC Riverside biologists researching the behavior of field crickets have found for the first time that female crickets remember attractive males based on the latter’s song, and use this information when choosing ...
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