Fragile seeds sprouted in-vitro
Tissue culture technology is helping scientists to grow a native sedge notoriously difficult to germinate naturally.
Tissue culture technology is helping scientists to grow a native sedge notoriously difficult to germinate naturally.
Ecology
Jan 6, 2015
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Amazon.com is reportedly shaking up the management of its Lab126, its hardware development group in Sunnyvale, Calif.
Business
Jan 6, 2015
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(Phys.org)—A combined team of American and Chinese researchers has found evidence that suggests that parts of Inner Mongolia that were thought to have been desert for a million years, might have actually dried up just over ...
There is no doubt that 2014 was a fantastic year for planetary sciences – the high points were the successful landing of Philae on comet 67P, the discovery of methane by the Curiosity rover on Mars and a doubling in the ...
Space Exploration
Jan 6, 2015
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The SiriusXM satellite radio network is launching a channel inspired by topical comics like Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert and Bill Maher that seeks to attract younger listeners by bringing an entertaining twist to politics ...
Telecom
Jan 6, 2015
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When Karim (not his real name) was a teenager, he travelled from Myanmar to Indonesia as an asylum seeker. Stranded in Java without money and friends, he slept in a mosque for a number of weeks until an Indonesian man invited ...
Social Sciences
Jan 6, 2015
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(Phys.org)—Working at temperatures matching the interior of the sun, researchers at Sandia National Laboratories' Z machine have been able to determine experimentally, for the first time in history, iron's role in inhibiting ...
General Physics
Jan 6, 2015
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(Phys.org)—A team of researchers with members from the U.S., Chile and New Zealand has uncovered evidence that contradicts the conventional view of the demographic collapse of the Rapa Nui people living on Easter Island, ...
The possibility that advanced artificial intelligence (AI) might one day turn against its human creators has been repeatedly raised of late. Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking, for instance, surprised by the ability of his ...
Computer Sciences
Jan 6, 2015
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This time of year, busy schedules and frequently frigid weather make it harder to stick with healthy habits, such as taking the dog for a walk. Yet finding ways to exercise your dog and cat during the winter can benefit the ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 6, 2015
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