News tagged with fertilisers

Research finds mangroves being fed to death

(PhysOrg.com) -- New UQ Science research has found the increase in nutrients coming out of our river systems is putting pressure on our mangrove forests and making them far more susceptible to environmental ...

Biology / Ecology

created May 19, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Single embryo implants work better: study

Implanting single embryos into the wombs of women seeking to boost fertility is more effective and less costly than placing two embryos at a time, a pair of studies released Wednesday found.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Plant biologists discover gene that switches on 'essence of male'

Biologists at the University of Leicester have published results of a new study into plant sex - and discovered that a particular gene switches on 'the essence of male'.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 20, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Blood brothers: Spanish newborn helps heal sibling

A Spanish boy with a serious form of anemia has recovered after a groundbreaking procedure using blood from the umbilical cord of his genetically-selected brother, authorities said Friday.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fossilised pregnant fish was one of the first animals to have sex

(PhysOrg.com) -- A pregnant fossil fish at the Natural History Museum in London has shed light on the possible origin of sex, according to a study published in Nature today by an international team includ ...

Biology /

created Feb 25, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (17) | comments 3

A mathematical method helps to select human embryos

A team of researchers from the University of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU) have developed a mathematical classification which makes it possible to select human embryos for use in assisted reproduction treatments. ...

Biology /

created Feb 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

One-fifth of fossil-fuel emissions absorbed by threatened forests

An international team of scientists have discovered that rainforest trees are getting bigger. They are storing more carbon from the atmosphere in their trunks, which has significantly reduced the rate of climate change.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 18, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (9) | comments 10

Tiny plants with a global impact - results of climate change experiment published

A possible solution to global warming may be further away than ever, according to a new report published in the prestigious scientific journal Nature this week.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 28, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (10) | comments 4


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