Apples losing their crunch to global warming: study
Global warming is causing apples to lose some of their crunch but is also making them sweeter, a study said Thursday.
Ecology
Aug 15, 2013
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Flower power fights orchard pests
Washington State University researchers have found they can control one of fruit growers' more severe pests, aphids, with a remarkably benign tool: flowers. The discovery is a boon for organic as well as conventional tree ...
Ecology
May 14, 2013
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The bee's knees for detecting disease
Fire blight is a serious threat to fruit trees. Now a quick test has been developed at the Vienna University of Technology, which can indicate the danger early - with the help of bees.
Plants & Animals
Apr 22, 2013
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Genetic analysis saves major apple-producing region of Washington state
(Phys.org) —In August 2011, researchers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture were presented with a serious, and potentially very costly, puzzle in Kennewick, Wash. Since Kennewick lies within a region near the heart ...
Ecology
Mar 22, 2013
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Anti-allergy genetically modified apples
Scientists are trying to engineer apples so that the most widely consumed fruit in Europe no longer triggers allergic reactions. But would people want to eat them?
Biotechnology
Mar 19, 2013
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Record ionization: X-ray laser removes more than two shells from electron cloud surrounding noble gas atoms
(Phys.org)—Atoms have been thoroughly researched, but they are still good for a surprise. Researchers of the Max Planck Advanced Study Group (ASG) at the Hamburg Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL) have now produced ...
General Physics
Nov 23, 2012
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WA apple farmers may see boon from bad weather
(AP)—First, warm spring weather in the Northeast and Midwest tricked apple trees into budding earlier. Then an untimely frost damaged the delicate blossoms.
Ecology
Oct 19, 2012
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April showers bring May glowers from N.Y. growers
The first of May in upstate New York usually finds fields plowed, corn planted and apple trees sprouting leaves. But this year's record April rainfall -- 7.31 inches in Ithaca, more than double the 3.29-inch 30-year average, ...
Other
May 4, 2011
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Newton's apple tree bound for gravity-free orbit
(AP) -- Sir Isaac Newton's famous apple tree is about to leave gravity behind.
Space Exploration
May 7, 2010
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Story of Newton's encounter with apple goes online
(AP) -- It always falls down. That's how the apple helped Isaac Newton.
Other
Jan 18, 2010
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