Some climate cooling caused by past volcanic eruptions may not be evident in tree-ring reconstructions of temperature change because large enough temperature drops lead to greatly shortened or even absent growing seasons, ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Feb 05, 2012 4 / 5 (4) 22 |

Studying self-replicating genetic units, called plasmids, found in one of the world's widest-ranging pathogenic soil bacteria -- the crown-gall-disease-causing microorganism Agrobacterium tumefaciens -- Ind ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Feb 01, 2012 not rated yet 0 |

A team of researchers led by Michigan State University has discovered an overachieving plant enzyme that works both the day and night shifts.

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Jan 31, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

Wetland restoration is a billion-dollar-a-year industry in the United States that aims to create ecosystems similar to those that disappeared over the past century. But a new analysis of restoration projects ...

Biology - Ecology

Jan 24, 2012 5 / 5 (5) 7 |

When it comes to conserving the world's orchids, not all forests are equal. In a paper to be published Jan. 25 in the journal Molecular Ecology, Smithsonian ecologists revealed that an orchid's fate hinges ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jan 24, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 0 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- The bottom of a glacier is not the most hospitable place on Earth, but at least two types of bacteria happily live there, according to researchers.

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Jan 19, 2012 4.5 / 5 (4) 1 |

Two timely nutrient data sets provided by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are being used by the beef and pork industries to provide new Nutrition Facts labels for their products. Federal rules ...

Biology - Other

Jan 16, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The number of sugar maples in Upper Great Lakes forests is likely to decline in coming decades, according to University of Michigan ecologists and their colleagues, due to a previously unrecognized ...

Biology - Ecology

Jan 16, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Many tropical forests are extremely rich in nitrogen even when there are no farms or industries nearby, says Montana State University researcher Jack Brookshire.

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Jan 16, 2012 4.8 / 5 (6) 1 |

Preserving diverse plant life will be crucial to buffer the negative effects of climate change and desertification in in the world's drylands, according to a new landmark study.

Space & Earth - Environment

Jan 12, 2012 4.3 / 5 (6) 0 |

Grain crops that produce less carotene can produce more food, especially in Africa, as they are less affected by parasitic plants. This is the result of research with which Muhammad Jamil hopes to obtain his ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Jan 12, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 1 |

Clarkson University Biology Professor Michael R. Twiss has been working with colleagues and students from Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Ontario, to study Lake Erie over the past five winters during mid-winter, ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Jan 11, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Tomato spotted wilt virus can be deadly for many important plants, but have little effect on the plants' small insect hosts. Research by a Kansas State University plant pathologist and two students is examining ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Jan 10, 2012 not rated yet 0

Beer tested in a new study, including some brands labeled "low-gluten," contains levels of hordein, the form of gluten present in barley, that could cause symptoms in patients with celiac disease (CD), the ...

Chemistry - Other

Dec 21, 2011 4 / 5 (1) 0

As consumer demand for convenient, nutritious foods increases, pre-cut and packaged fruit and vegetables become more popular. Food producers are looking to science to discover new ways to safely extend the shelf life of these ...

Biology - Other

Dec 13, 2011 not rated yet 0