How plants use carbon affects their response to climate change
Under warmer conditions, plants can take up more carbon dioxide by using carbon more efficiently for growth, shows a new study.
Under warmer conditions, plants can take up more carbon dioxide by using carbon more efficiently for growth, shows a new study.
Plants & Animals
Jul 20, 2018
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Preventing reservoir evaporation during droughts with floating balls may not help conserve water overall, due to the water needed to make the balls.
Environment
Jul 16, 2018
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A new Imperial review suggests more work is needed to tackle emissions in easier sectors and the difficult.
Environment
Jul 6, 2018
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Scientists have found that molecular oxygen around comet 67P is not produced on its surface, as some suggested, but may be from its body.
Space Exploration
Jul 3, 2018
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Some bacteria can release toxins that provoke their neighbours into attacking each other, a tactic that could be exploited to fight infections.
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 2, 2018
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Developing countries face debt payments of up to $168 billion over the next ten years as a result of their vulnerability to man-made climate change.
Environment
Jul 2, 2018
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A human virus that causes a rare form of leukaemia increases the risk of disease by changing the way DNA loops inside our cells.
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 27, 2018
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Imperial scientists have enhanced the process of using biology to make products such as fuels, plastics, medicines, and cosmetics.
Biochemistry
Jun 25, 2018
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Scientists have shed light on DNA 'melting' – a crucial process fundamental to all life.
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 22, 2018
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Extensive new datasets about the world's birds are helping to solve the riddle of how life on Earth diversified.
Ecology
Jun 19, 2018
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