News articles tagged with 'bamboo'
For pandas, there is a mountain high enough, there is a valley low enough
— 23 Jul 2010 10:32 | BiologyGenetic analysis of giant pandas has shown that features of their landscape have a profound effect on the movement of genes within their population. Researchers writing in the open…
Giant panda genome reveals new insights into the bear's bamboo diet
— 22 Feb 2010 15:58 | BiologyA Chinese-led team including international researchers with a scientist from Cardiff University, has shed new light on some of the giant panda's unusual biological traits, including…
A boost for bamboo-based blouses and blankets
— 7 Apr 2008 14:05 | ChemistryRising interest in 'sustainable' fabrics is fostering a bamboo boom, in which bamboo-based fabrics are hitting the market as a leading eco-friendly textile. Chemists in Colorado now…
NSF researcher will beam back multimedia information about her panda quest
— 10 Dec 2007 21:18 | BiologyMichigan State University's (MSU) panda habitat research team has spent years collecting mountains of data to help understand and save giant pandas. Now Web surfers can join a graduate…
Remains of earliest giant panda discovered
— 19 Jun 2007 00:02 | Geology and palaeontologyAlthough it may sound like an oxymoron, a University of Iowa anthropologist and his colleagues report the first discovery of a skull from a pygmy-sized giant panda - the earliest-known…
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