(Phys.org) —Microalgae-based biofuel not only has the potential to quench a sizable chunk of the world's energy demands, say Utah State University researchers. It's a potential game-changer.
Energy & Green Tech
May 26, 2014
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Is evolution predictable and repeatable? That's a question Utah State University scientist Zachariah Gompert set out to explore with colleagues using Timema cristianae, a rather short and stout, plant-eating stick insect ...
Evolution
May 15, 2014
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Without adequate space to raise their offspring, wolf packs lash out at competing clans and fight to the death to protect their turf.
Ecology
May 13, 2014
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Consider the dandelion and the bristlecone pine, says Utah State University ecologist Peter Adler.
Ecology
Jan 9, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Ecologists are another step closer to understanding a natural phenomenon that enables desert plants to access water and nutrients they desperately need – even in the driest circumstances.
Biotechnology
Nov 4, 2013
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Utah State University scientists have published two papers in a high profile academic journal this week that unlock mysteries of a chemical process upon which all life on earth depends.
Biochemistry
Sep 23, 2013
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One enzyme regulates the body's insulin receptor, ensuring energy needed for function and survival. The other enables a bacterium to wreak havoc in the form of bubonic plague.
Biochemistry
Aug 22, 2013
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(Phys.org)—What if you could take greenhouse gas and convert it to fuel for an energy-hungry world?
Biochemistry
Nov 13, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- When most people think of a double helix, they think of DNA structure — a now familiar image thanks to Watson and Crick’s landmark 1953 discovery of the double-stranded molecules of nucleic acids. ...
Biochemistry
Aug 16, 2012
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