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High-tech tools may help small grains breeders 'see' valuable plant traits faster

Two tools from industry are being applied to the small grains breeding program by a Texas AgriLife Research team to help identify valuable drought-resistance traits in wheat faster and less intrusively than ...

Biology / Other

created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Kenyan ranches relocating rhinos in fear of poachers

Claus Mortensen is a private Kenyan rancher with a passion -- endangered rhinos -- and now a mission: to save his herd from slaughter by ruthless poachers who sell their horns to Asia, where they are prized ...

Biology / Ecology

created May 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4

Gamma ray optics: A viable tool for a new branch of scientific discovery

Scientists at the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) have demonstrated for the first time that gamma rays, a highly energetic form of light produced by radioactive decay of atomic nuclei and amongst other used to ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 09, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 2

Sunlight and air powers access to sterile water

Researchers at the University of Hull (UK) are developing a way to produce constant supplies of sterile water, powered simply by sunlight and air. The device is aimed at remote communities where conventional systems using ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 04, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

With climate and vegetation data, geographers closer to predicting droughts in Africa

What might happen if droughts were predicted months ahead of time? Food aid and other humanitarian efforts could be put together sooner and executed better, say UC Santa Barbara geographers Chris Funk, Greg ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers develop system to help prevent construction accidents and materials falling from buildings

(Phys.org) -- Construction management experts at the University of Calgary's Schulich School of Engineering have developed a system that employs remote sensing technology to improve safety on construction sites by using tracking ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Handheld plasma flashlight rids skin of bacteria instantly

A group of Chinese and Australian scientists, including CSIRO, have developed a handheld, battery-powered plasma-producing device that can rid skin of bacteria in an instant. The handheld plasma flashlight could be used in ...

Physics / Plasma Physics

created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 14 | with audio podcast

Study: Military providing example of becoming sustainable without politics

America’s fighting men and women provide a sterling example of how to become sustainable, reduce energy consumption and save lives — all without pitting ideological sides against one another, according to research ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 5

Robots fighting wars could be blamed for mistakes on the battlefield

As militaries develop autonomous robotic warriors to replace humans on the battlefield, new ethical questions emerge. If a robot in combat has a hardware malfunction or programming glitch that causes it to ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 5

Fishermen blast premier dive sites off Indonesia

(AP) -- Coral gardens that were among Asia's most spectacular, teeming with colorful sea life just a few months ago, have been transformed into desolate gray moonscapes by fishermen who use explosives or ...

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 20, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 4


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