News tagged with water stress
DNA of ancient lost barley could help modern crops cope with water stress
Jul 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Warwick have recovered significant DNA information from a lost form of ancient barley that triumphed for over 3000 years seeing off: 5 changes in civilisation, ...
'Lab on a chip' to measure water stress in plants
Jul 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Fifteen years ago, when Alan Lakso first sought to enlist Cornell's nanofabrication laboratory to develop a tiny sensor that would measure water stress in grapevines, the horticultural sciences ...
Tree survival skills: Stresses during handling and transport affect tree health
May 04, 2009 |
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Consider the cumulative stresses that transplanted trees must endure from the time they are harvested until they become established in a landscape. Multiple stress factors can mean the difference between survival and death ...
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Sowing a future for peas
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Sep 16, 2008 |
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New research from the John Innes Centre and the Central Science Laboratory could help breeders to develop pea varieties able to withstand drought stress and climate change. The research also shows that the ...
From stress to financial mess: Study suggests acute stress affects financial decision making
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 01, 2009 |
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It is not surprising that as our economy continues its freefall, we are feeling increasingly more stressed and worried. Many of us are feeling extreme unease about the security of our jobs and being able to make our next ...
Stress affects older adults more than young adults
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 28, 2008 |
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Life can be stressful, whether you're an individual watching the stock market crash or a commuter stuck in traffic. A new study, forthcoming in the journal Psychological Science, examines how stress affects decision-making and fi ...
Stress hinders rats' decision-making abilities
Nov 18, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A little bit of stress goes a long way and can have far-reaching effects. Neuroscientists from the University of Washington have found that a single exposure to uncontrollable stress impairs decision making ...
Green tea compounds beat OSA-related brain deficits
May 15, 2008 |
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Chemicals found in green tea may be able to stave off the cognitive deficits that occur with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), according to a new study published in the second issue for May of the American Thoracic Society’s ...
Drought resistance explained
Nov 09, 2009 |
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Much as adrenaline coursing through our veins drives our body's reactions to stress, the plant hormone abscisic acid (ABA) is behind plants' responses to stressful situations such as drought, but how it does ...
New technique enables assessment of drought performance
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Nov 12, 2008 |
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Measurement of chlorophyll fluorescence is an effective way of determining how well plants can cope with low-water conditions. The technique described in the open access journal Plant Methods, published by BioMed Central, allows ...
Water should be a human right
Jun 30, 2009 |
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In this months PLoS Medicine Editorial, the editors argue that -- despite recent international objections -- access to clean water should be recognised as a human right.
Is the Dead Sea dying?
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 04, 2009 |
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The water levels in the Dead Sea - the deepest point on Earth - are dropping at an alarming rate with serious environmental consequences, according to Shahrazad Abu Ghazleh and colleagues from the University ...
New water management tool may help ease effects of drought
Nov 12, 2009 |
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Continued improvement of climate forecasts is resulting in better information about what rainfall and streamflow may look like months in advance. A researcher from North Carolina State University has developed an innovative ...
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