07/01/2010

Rules governing RNA's anatomy revealed

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Michigan researchers have discovered the rules that dictate the three-dimensional shapes of RNA molecules, rules that are based not on complex chemical interactions but simply on geometry.

Golden ratio discovered in a quantum world

Researchers from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie (HZB, Germany), in cooperation with colleagues from Oxford and Bristol Universities, as well as the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK, have for the ...

New 'lily' Tangerine Tango can jazz up summer gardens

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cornell's Mark Bridgen has developed a new Inca lily, Tangerine Tango, that will be sold in 2010. Its orange, yellow blossoms, accented with brown and lime tint flecks, lasts two weeks in a vase.

How plants 'feel' the temperature rise

Plants are incredibly temperature sensitive and can perceive changes of as little as one degree Celsius. Now, a report in the January 8th issue of the journal Cell, a Cell Press publication, shows how they not only 'feel' ...

EU nations divided on use of airport body scanners

(AP) -- European nations were sharply divided Thursday over the need to install full-body scanners at European airports, with some EU members playing down the need for beefed-up security measures.

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