On military live fire training ranges, troops practice firing artillery shells, drop bombs on old tanks or derelict buildings and test the capacity of new weapons.
Biotechnology
Nov 22, 2016
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(Phys.org)—A trio of researchers with the University of Arizona has found evidence that suggests many wild grass species will be at risk of disappearing from certain areas as the planet heats up. In their paper published ...
Interior Secretary Sally Jewell on Wednesday announced more than $4 million in projects in four states as part of a wildfire-fighting strategy to protect a wide swath of intermountain West sagebrush country that supports ...
Ecology
Apr 29, 2015
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Large numbers of kangaroos are threatening an endangered species and are eating some lizards out of house and home, new research has found.
Plants & Animals
Dec 12, 2014
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An invasive grass species frequently found in forests has created a thriving habitat for wolf spiders, who then feed on American toads, a new University of Georgia study has found.
Plants & Animals
Aug 27, 2014
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The grass species known as the purple false brome, Brachypodium distachyon, has great potential as a model plant for research due to its short generation time, small size, small genome and ease of breeding. These features ...
Biotechnology
Dec 13, 2013
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A tropical plant species could revolutionise the way wastewater is cleaned and managed in the developing world, field research has shown.
Environment
Aug 29, 2013
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A consortium of researchers from The University of Queensland, the Queensland Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF Qld) and BGI has discovered that sorghum, a drought-tolerant African crop, holds vastly ...
Biotechnology
Aug 27, 2013
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A collection of fungi maintained by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) played a crucial role in helping scientists identify the specific fungus causing an anthracnose disease discovered in a southern turf grass, and ...
Ecology
Jul 30, 2013
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Two new studies have shed light on the health of Busselton's waterways.
Ecology
Jul 10, 2013
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