Exploring how rice could survive salt stress
Real-time genetic detailing of rice plants highlights the roles of different loci in response to salt stress during growth.
Biotechnology
Nov 17, 2016
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Genome of the world's largest bony fish may explain fast growth rate and large size
The genome of the ocean sunfish (Mola mola), the world's largest bony fish, has been sequenced for the first time by researchers from China National Genebank at BGI-Shenzhen and A*STAR, Singapore. The researchers, who include ...
Biotechnology
Sep 8, 2016
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20 million toilets built in two years: Indian PM
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Monday his government had built more than 20 million toilets and brought electricity to thousands of villages as he delivered an Independence Day report card.
Environment
Aug 15, 2016
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New hybrid sweetgum trees could boost paper, bioenergy production
Sweetgum trees thrive under diverse conditions, grow as fast as pine trees and provide the type of fiber needed for specialty papers-and they've long been desired by paper and bioenergy producers.
Ecology
Jul 13, 2016
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Outsourcing crystal growth... to space
Sometimes, distance can lend a new perspective to a problem. For Japanese researchers studying protein crystal growth, that distance was 250 miles up—the altitude at which the International Space Station (ISS) orbits the ...
Condensed Matter
Mar 15, 2016
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Technological obsolescence goes hand in hand with economic growth
The growth in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of countries is largely linked to technological advance, because the latter encourages productivity. This technological advance is often associated with capital owing to the ...
Economics & Business
Jan 19, 2016
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Taoyuan No. 3: New high-yield lettuce for subtropical regions
Driven by consumer demand for local leafy green vegetables, growers in Taiwan are increasingly interested in producing organic and conventional lettuce in high tunnels. In subtropical regions, growing this cool-season leafy ...
Biotechnology
Jan 13, 2016
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How does your microbiome grow?
It is increasingly clear that the thousands of different bacteria living in our intestinal tract - our microbiome - have a major impact on our health. But the details of the microbiome's effects are still fairly murky. A ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 2, 2015
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Graphene nanoribbon finding could lead to faster, more efficient electronics
Graphene, an atom-thick material with extraordinary properties, is a promising candidate for the next generation of dramatically faster, more energy-efficient electronics. However, scientists have struggled to fabricate the ...
Nanomaterials
Aug 11, 2015
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Researchers developing technology to spread warmth in villages without electricity
Two recent National Science Foundation (NSF) grants received by Kettering University are propelling collaborative and industry research that is attempting to help reduce infant mortality rates in third-world countries.
Engineering
Aug 5, 2015
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