Timing is everything. A fresh example supporting the old saying has been found in connection with the systems regulated by biological clocks.
Plants & Animals
Apr 8, 2020
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An international group of scientists has analyzed the DNA of primitive microscopic algae, and their findings suggest that all plants on Earth may have had a single ancestor.
Cyanobacteria—colloquially called blue-green algae—can produce oil from water and carbon dioxide with the help of light. This is shown by a recent study by the University of Bonn. The result is unexpected: Until now, ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 5, 2020
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In the search for the fuels of tomorrow, Swedish researchers are finding inspiration in the sea. Not in offshore oil wells, but in the water where blue-green algae thrive.
Biotechnology
Mar 13, 2013
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Scientists have for the first time revealed how blue-green algae—visible as the slippery green slime in stagnant water, riverbeds, and seashores—weaves itself into large weblike structures.
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 13, 2023
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Cyanobacteria—also called blue-green algae—are known as the "plants of the ocean" because they carry out photosynthesis on a gigantic scale, produce oxygen and extract the greenhouse gas CO2 from the environment. However, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 15, 2024
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In order to feed a projected 9 billion people by 2050, farmers need to grow 50% more food on a limited amount of arable land. As a result, plant scientists are in a race against time to engineer crops with higher yields by ...
Biotechnology
Aug 13, 2021
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You've probably seen a lichen, even if you didn't realize it. If you've ever meandered through the forest and wondered what the crusty stuff on trees or rocks was, they're lichens, a combination of algae and fungi living ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 15, 2019
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Your dog bounds heedlessly into a local lake or pond, playfully splashing in the water.
Plants & Animals
Aug 16, 2019
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Cyanobacteria produce plastic naturally as a by-product of photosynthesis—and they do it in a sustainable and environmentally friendly way. Researchers at the University of Tübingen have now succeeded for the first time ...
Biochemistry
Feb 2, 2021
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