(Phys.org) —Models of carbon dioxide in the world's oceans need to be revised, according to new work by UC Irvine and other scientists published online Sunday in Nature Geoscience. Trillions of plankton near t ...
Mar 17, 2013
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(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.
Jan 19, 2012
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Of the present global population of seven billion people, almost one billion are undernourished. At the same time, we are close to the sustainable limit of 15 percent of Earth's surface that can be exploited for food production. ...
May 01, 2013
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A team of Virginia Tech researchers has succeeded in transforming cellulose into starch, a process that has the potential to provide a previously untapped nutrient source from plants not traditionally thought ...
Apr 16, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Variations in nutrient availability in the world's oceans could be a vital component of future environmental change, according to a multi-author review paper involving the National Oceanography ...
Apr 10, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Like animals, plants go through several stages of development before they reach maturity. It has long been thought that some of the transitions between these stages are triggered by changes ...
Mar 28, 2013
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Chimpanzees watch what they eat and when, which may show that these primates are giving some thought to the quality of their food, according to Purdue University research.
Mar 21, 2013
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Parasitic plants, sworn enemy of many a farmer, can carry surprising benefits for wildlife, according to new research.
Mar 18, 2013
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A new report suggests that halving our consumption of animal products could benefit the environment by improving nutrient cycles.
Feb 18, 2013
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Until now it has not been clear how salt, a scourge to agriculture, halts the growth of the plant-root system. A team of researchers, led by the Carnegie Institution's José Dinneny and Lina Duan, found that ...
Jan 23, 2013
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(Phys.org)—A new study conducted by researchers at Iowa State University shows that the growth of sediment deposits at the bottom of Iowa's natural lakes is accelerating despite widespread soil conservation ...
Jan 14, 2013
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A family of nutrient-sensing enzymes, dubbed Rag GTPases, modulates the activity of the mTORC1 protein complex, whose inhibition is essential for autophagy and survival in newborn mammals. One enzyme, RagA, has been found ...
Dec 23, 2012
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