News tagged with freezing tolerance

Researchers discover novel mechanism protecting plants against freezing

New ground broken by Michigan State University biochemists helps explain how plants protect themselves from freezing temperatures and could lead to discoveries related to plant tolerance for drought and other ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Aug 26, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Flowering and freezing tolerance linked in wheat, study shows

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research by UC Davis wheat geneticist Jorge Dubcovsky and his colleagues could lead to new strategies for improving freezing tolerance in wheat, which provides more than one-fifth of the calories consumed ...

Biology / Biotechnology

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Researchers identify a process that regulates seed germination

Purdue University researchers have determined a process that regulates activity of genes that control seed germination and seedling development.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 11, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1




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Oxygen-separation membranes could aid in CO2 reduction

It may seem counterintuitive, but one way to reduce carbon dioxide emissions to the atmosphere may be to produce pure carbon dioxide in powerplants that burn fossil fuels. In this way, greenhouse gases — once isolated ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Building a beetle antifreeze

Animals and plants have evolved all sorts of chemical tricks that allow them to colonize extreme environments. For species that call Antarctica or the Arctic home, surviving sub-zero temperatures is an essential ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Researchers induce freezing tolerance in fruit fly

(PhysOrg.com) -- Most of what is known about the ability of some cold blooded animals and several insects to survive having their body temperature fall below freezing has led to the conclusion that those organisms ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Feb 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Mystery hummingbird's species identified

A mystery that puzzled Chicago-area birders was solved when Field Museum scientists identified the unusual hummingbird living in an Oak Park, Ill., yard as a member of the rufous species rarely seen in the Midwest.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 26, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists find microbes in lava tube living in conditions like those on Mars

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of scientists from Oregon has collected microbes from ice within a lava tube in the Cascade Mountains and found that they thrive in cold, Mars-like conditions.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (17) | comments 13 | with audio podcast

New eco-friendly foliar spray provides natural anti-freeze

Cold-weather garden enthusiasts have a new reason to celebrate. Researchers at The University of Alabama and Miami University of Ohio have introduced an innovative, all-natural foliar spray that protects plants, both externally ...

Biology / Other

created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Post-doctoral researcher makes strides in fuel cell technology

Liang Wang, a post-doctoral researcher in the University of Delaware's Center for Fuel Cell Research in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, is developing new materials and structures that can improve ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (4) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Coming soon to a server near you: fewer internet delays

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the UA-led Center for Integrated Access Networks, the largest optical research center in the U.S., are developing methods to improve transmission speed, efficiency and reliability ...

Technology / Telecom

created Nov 04, 2011 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Potato trials and research provide grower information

Whether it is a purple potato to fit a niche market or finding varieties resistant or at least tolerant to psyllid infestations, Dr. Creighton Miller has a potato plant in Texas aimed at meeting a grower's need.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Aug 04, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Biologists discover an 'evening' protein complex that regulates plant growth

Farmers and other astute observers of nature have long known that crops like corn and sorghum grow taller at night. But the biochemical mechanisms that control this nightly stem elongation, common to most plants, have been ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jul 13, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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