News tagged with root secretions

Plants recognize siblings, researchers discover how

Plants may not have eyes and ears, but they can recognize their siblings, and researchers at the University of Delaware have discovered how.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 0




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Secret soil cracks linger underground

(Phys.org) -- Deep cracks in soil that appear during long dry spells can remain open underground even after they have visibly sealed on the surface, a new study has found.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 15, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Evolution in an island, the secret for a longer life

ICP researchers published today in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B one of the first fossil-based evidences supporting the evolutionary theory of ageing, which predicts that species evolving in low mo ...

Biology / Evolution

created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

New alfalfa variety could be big boost to dairy industry

(PhysOrg.com) -- Dairy farmers could see a boost in milk production, thanks to a new alfalfa variety to be released by Cornell's world-class plant breeders.

Biology / Other

created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Materials inspired by Mother Nature: A 1-pound boat that could float 1,000 pounds

Combining the secrets that enable water striders to walk on water and give wood its lightness and great strength has yielded an amazing new material so buoyant that, in everyday terms, a boat made from 1 pound of the substance ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Mar 25, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (33) | comments 21 | with audio podcast

Plant enzymes reveal complex secrets

The enzymes needed for producing and chemically modifying functionally important plant molecules called anthocyanins have been identified by a research team led by Kazuki Saito of the RIKEN Plant Science Center, ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Mar 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists discover how a bacterial pathogen breaks down barriers to enter and infect cells

Scientists from the Schepens Eye Research Institute, a subsidiary of Mass. Eye and Ear and affiliate of Harvard Medical School, have found for the first time that a bacterial pathogen can literally mow down protective molecules, ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists discover molecular secrets of 2,000-year-old Chinese herbal remedy

For roughly two thousand years, Chinese herbalists have treated Malaria using a root extract, commonly known as Chang Shan, from a type of hydrangea that grows in Tibet and Nepal. More recent studies suggest that halofuginone, ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Feb 12, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (28) | comments 29 | with audio podcast

Engineers find inspiration for new materials in Piranha-proof armor

(PhysOrg.com) -- It’s a matchup worthy of a late-night cable movie: put a school of starving piranha and a 300-pound fish together, and who comes out the winner?

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Secret sex life to help save world's endangered seagrasses

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sex plays a much more important role in the reproduction of vitally important seagrasses than previously thought, according to important new findings by researchers from The University of ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Grain crops with lower carotene levels are less affected by parasitic plants

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

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast


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