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Moonlighting enzyme works double shift 24/7

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

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Herbicide may affect plants thought to be resistant

Purdue University researchers have discovered a fine-tuning mechanism involved in plant root growth that has them questioning whether a popular herbicide may have unintended consequences, causing some plants to need more ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Not just another brick in the (plant cell) wall

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a new study revealing key steps for controlling plant growth, researchers have shown how the assembly of components of the plant cell wall regulates growth of root hairs. Root hairs are ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jun 17, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

The sweet growth of plant cells

An international collaboration team unravels the fundamental role that carbohydrates play in the root hairs of Arabidopsis thaliana and shows how cell growth is modulated in this species.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jun 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tapping into sorghum's weed-fighting capabilities to give growers more options

By unlocking the genetic secrets of sorghum, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have found a way to make one of the world's most important cereal crops a better option for growers. Researchers at the ARS Natural ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jun 15, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hairy secret of foraging plants discovered

(PhysOrg.com) -- The genes that control the hairy 'mining machine' that makes some plants better at finding nutrients in poor soils than others have been discovered by scientists from Oxford University and ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Feb 18, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Now hear this: Mouse study sheds light on hearing loss in older adults

(PhysOrg.com) -- Becoming "hard of hearing" is a standard but unfortunate part of aging: A syndrome called age-related hearing loss affects about 40 percent of people over 65 in the United States, and will afflict an estimated ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

From nerve roots to plant roots -- research on hereditary spastic paraplegia yields surprises

Sprouting. Branching. Pruning. Neuroscientists have borrowed heavily from botanists to describe the way that neurons grow, but analogies between the growth of neurons and plants may be more than superficial. A new study from ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0