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Eyes in the soil will help food security

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new tool developed by scientists at The University of Manchester will allow farmers to see under the soil to check how efficiently crop roots are using water and nutrients.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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Winds of change for pollution sensing

(Phys.org) -- The Great Smog of London is often upheld as a time when pollution reached appalling levels: over a four-day period in December 1952, the capital came to a standstill, cars were abandoned, airports ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

In future, phones can identify the Troubadour on the tree top

In spring, the sound of birds serenading fills the air. The Department of Signal Processing and Acoustics is developing a system that can recognize a bird species based on a song segment. The system can be ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Zooming in on bacterial weapons in 3-D

The plague, bacterial dysentery, and cholera have one thing in common: These dangerous diseases are caused by bacteria which infect their host using a sophisticated injection apparatus. Through needle-like ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 21, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A new optical microscopy approach opens the door to better observations in molecular biology

Researchers from the Institut Pasteur and CNRS have set up a new optical microscopy approach that combines two recent imaging techniques in order to visualize molecular assemblies without affecting their biological ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Beyond Tupac -- the future of hologram technology

Last week the world watched on as a supposed hologram of the late rapper Tupac Shakur performed at the Coachella music festival in California.

Technology / Other

created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

X-rays create a window on glass formation: First ever visualization of how powder becomes molten glass

Scientists have for the first time visualised the transformation of powder mixtures into molten glass. A better understanding of this process will make it possible to produce high quality glass at lower temperatures, ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Student’s idea gives graphic details to visually impaired scientists

Whether it's a bar chart showing the debt of European countries, or a graph indicating the rise of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, graphics are a powerful communications tool that many of us take for granted.

Technology / Engineering

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

New dataset provides 40-year record of carbon dioxide accumulation in the surface ocean

The most comprehensive dataset of surface water carbon dioxide (CO2) measurements for the world's oceans and coastal seas is launched today by an international team of scientists led by the University of East Anglia (UEA). ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0

How quickly things spread

Understanding the spread of infectious diseases in populations is the key to controlling them. If we were facing a flu pandemic, how could we measure where the greatest spreading risk comes from? This information ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Feb 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New tool puts plant hormone under surveillance

(PhysOrg.com) -- Charles Darwin was the first to speculate that plants contain hormones. His pioneering research led to the identification of the very first and key plant growth hormone — auxin — ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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