News tagged with model plant

Computer model used to pinpoint prime materials for efficient carbon capture

When power plants begin capturing their carbon emissions to reduce greenhouse gases – and to most in the electric power industry, it's a question of when, not if – it will be an expensive undertaking.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Ultraviolet protection molecule in plants yields its secrets

Lying around in the sun all day is hazardous not just for humans but also for plants, which have no means of escape. Ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun can damage proteins and DNA inside cells, leading ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

IBM offers glimpse into the future (w/ Video)

Air-powered batteries, 3-D cellphones that project holographs and personalized commutes are among the predictions of IBM scientists gazing into their crystal balls.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Dec 23, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (23) | comments 34

Synthetic chemical offers solution for crops facing drought

Crops and other plants are constantly confronted with adverse environmental conditions, lowering yield and costing farmers billions of dollars annually. Plants use specialized signals, called stress hormones, ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Biologists Discover Missing Piece of Plant Clock

(PhysOrg.com) -- Biologists at the University of California, San Diego have identified a key protein that links the morning and evening components of the daily biological clock of plants.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Gaseous emissions from dinosaurs may have warmed prehistoric earth

Sauropod dinosaurs could in principle have produced enough of the greenhouse gas methane to warm the climate many millions of years ago, at a time when the Earth was warm and wet. That's according to calculations ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 07, 2012 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (15) | comments 252 | with audio podcast

FANCM plays key role in inheritance

Scientists of KIT and the University of Birmingham have identified relevant new functions of a gene that plays a crucial role in Fanconi anemia, a life-threatening disease.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Simple fungus gives researchers new insight on key DNA process

(Phys.org) -- In the University of Oregon lab of Eric U. Selker, a simple fungus continues to provide big clues about a fundamental biological process that is essential for normal growth and development in ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Lighting up plant cells to engineer biology

Cambridge researchers have developed a new technique for measuring and mapping gene and cell activity through fluorescence in living plant tissue.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 05, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Where the wild winds blow: Stanford engineers use weather models to site offshore wind farms

(PhysOrg.com) -- Politics aside, most energy experts agree that cheap, clean, renewable wind energy holds great potential to help the world satisfy energy needs while reducing harmful greenhouse gases. Wind ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Apr 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Engineers enlist weather model to optimize offshore wind plan

Politics aside, most energy experts agree that cheap, clean, renewable wind energy holds great potential to help the world satisfy energy needs while reducing harmful greenhouse gases. Wind farms placed offshore could play ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New mathematical model explains how hosts survive parasite attacks

In nature, how do host species survive parasite attacks? This has not been well understood, until now. A new mathematical model shows that when a host and its parasite each have multiple traits governing their ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 04, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists present first model of how buds grow into leaves

Leaves come in all shapes and sizes. Scientists have discovered simple rules that control leaf shape during growth. Using this 'recipe', they have developed the first computer model able to accurately emulate ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Biologists offer clearer picture of how protein machine systems tweak gene expression

Indiana University biologists have found that specific types of RNA polymerase enzymes, the molecular machines that convert DNA into RNA, can differ in function based on variation in the parts -- in this case ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Mar 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Low-carbon technologies 'no quick-fix', say researchers

Could replacing coal-fired electricity plants with generators fueled by natural gas bring global warming to a halt in this century? What about rapid construction of massive numbers of solar or wind farms, ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast