News articles tagged with 'plant'
Genetic code of first arachnid cracked
— 28 Nov 2011 19:26 | BiologyAn international team of scientists - including Ghent VIB scientists - has succeeded in deciphering the genome of the spider mite. This is also the first known genome of an arachnid.…
UGA discovery changes how scientists think about plant cell wall formation
— 22 Nov 2011 16:50 | BiologyUniversity of Georgia researchers have discovered that two proteins come together in an unexpected way to make a carbohydrate, a chain of sugar molecules, in plant cell walls. This…
Study shows deforestation causes cooling
— 16 Nov 2011 21:25 | EnvironmentDeforestation, considered by scientists to contribute significantly to global warming, has been shown by a Yale-led team to actually cool the local climate in northern latitudes, according…
Fossil is best look yet at an ancestor of buttercups
— 1 Apr 2011 15:54 | Geology and palaeontologyScientists from the United States and China have discovered the first intact fossil of a mature eudicot, a type of flowering plant whose membership includes buttercups, apple trees,…
Scientists call for more robust measures to identify and protect endangered species
— 1 Apr 2011 15:51 | EnvironmentConservationists may need to change their approach to protecting animals and plants from extinction if they are to successfully shield key species and habitats from the effects of global…
Key plant traits yield more sugar for biofuels
— 30 Mar 2011 16:28 | EnvironmentNew clues about plant structure are helping researchers from the Department of Energy's BioEnergy Science Centre narrow down a large collection of poplar tree candidates and identify…
Key plant traits yield more sugar for biofuels
— 29 Mar 2011 15:34 | EnvironmentNew clues about plant structure are helping researchers from the Department of Energy's BioEnergy Science Centre narrow down a large collection of poplar tree candidates and identify…
Pollen also appears outside flowering season
— 19 Mar 2011 14:59 | Biology'There is of course a very close relationship between the moment at which pollen is released by plants and the data gathered by the traps used to measure these grains, but this is not…
Ecologists use 70-year-old pressed plants to chart city's vanishing native flora
— 18 Mar 2011 14:44 | BiologyMore than half of the world's population now lives in cities, yet we know little about how urbanisation affects biodiversity. In one the first studies of its kind, ecologists in Indianapolis,…
New plant species gives insights into evolution
— 18 Mar 2011 14:14 | BiologyA new plant species is providing an insight into how evolution works and could help improve crop plants, scientists have revealed…