News tagged with poplar trees

Success with 'cisgenics' in forestry offers new tools for biotechnology

Forestry scientists at Oregon State University have demonstrated for the first time that the growth rate and other characteristics of trees can be changed through "cisgenics" - a type of genetic engineering ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jun 08, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 10 | with audio podcast

Scientists Identify Bacteria That Increase Plant Growth

(PhysOrg.com) -- Through work originally designed to remove contaminants from soil, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and their Belgium colleagues at Hasselt University ...

Biology /

created Jan 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Cloned trees raised in separate places react differently to drought

Nurture matters - in plants as well as people. Cloned trees raised in different places and environments react differently to drought conditions even though they're genetically identical, scientists have found.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jul 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Protein from poplar trees can be used to greatly increase computer capacity

Scientists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have succeeded in showing how it is possible to greatly expand the memory capacity of future computers through the use of memory units based on silica nanoparticles combined ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jul 21, 2010 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Science looks to poplar trees for 'cool roof' technology

(PhysOrg.com) -- For as long as humans have been able to reason, they have mimicked nature in attempts to derive benefits for themselves; and just because we’ve become ultra-high tech in many ways, it ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Mar 21, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast weblog

Seeking a More 'Poplar' Biofuel

(PhysOrg.com) -- Gas money for your car doesn't grow on trees, but one day you might be filling up with fuel that does.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Feb 25, 2010 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Key plant traits yield more sugar for biofuels

(PhysOrg.com) -- New clues about plant structure are helping researchers from the Department of Energy?s BioEnergy Science Center narrow down a large collection of poplar tree candidates and identify winners ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Mar 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers sequence genomes of fungi that threaten wheat, poplars

An international team of researchers co-led by a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientist has sequenced the genomes of two fungal pathogens-one that threatens global wheat supplies and another that limits production ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Poplar tree leaf bud extract could fight skin aging

Antioxidants are popular anti-aging ingredients in skin creams, and now scientists are reporting a new source of these healthful substances — leaf buds of poplar trees. Their study appears in the ACS' Journal of Agricultural an ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jun 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New research shows forest trees remember their roots

When it comes to how they respond to the environment, trees may not be that different from humans.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2 | with audio podcast