Women 'damned either way' on maternity leave
Women are judged negatively if they choose to take maternity leave - and if they don't - new research suggests.
Social Sciences
May 31, 2017
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Grassy beginning for earliest Homo
In 2013, an ASU research team found the oldest known evidence of our own genus, Homo, at Ledi-Geraru in the lower Awash Valley of Ethiopia. A jawbone with teeth was dated to 2.8 million years ago, about 400,000 years earlier ...
Archaeology
May 15, 2017
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Collapsed chloroplasts are targeted in self-eating process
Researchers at Tohoku University have identified a previously uncharacterized type of autophagy, during which an autophagic process termed chlorophagy removes collapsed chloroplasts in plant leaves. The findings could lead ...
Biotechnology
Feb 8, 2017
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Facebook employees to get 20 days off for family bereavement
Facebook says it is extending its bereavement policies and will also allow employees paid time off when a family member is sick.
Business
Feb 8, 2017
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Yellow chlorophyll decomposition products are environment-responsive photoswitches
Before trees lose their leaves in the winter, they offer us a bright autumnal display of reds, oranges, and yellows. This results from the decomposition of the compound that makes leaves green: chlorophyll. Among the decomposition ...
Materials Science
Nov 28, 2016
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Image: Stomatal design principles in synthetic and real leaves
This black and white image is an SEM micrograph of the underside of a blue giant hyssop, a plant in the mint family.
Materials Science
Nov 7, 2016
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New genetically modified variety of cotton disables sapsucking whiteflies
(Phys.org)—A team of researchers from a multitude of institutions in India has developed a genetically modified cotton variety that stunts the growth of sapsucking whiteflies, reducing their negative impact on crop yields. ...
Unlocking the mystery on how plant leaves grow their teeth
Plant biologists at ITbM, Nagoya University have discovered the key element, an EPFL2 peptide that is responsible for creating the teeth-like shapes on plant leaves. The zigzag edges of leaves, so-called leaf teeth, are important ...
Biotechnology
Sep 2, 2016
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Putting the sloth in sloths: Arboreal lifestyle drives slow motion pace
Although most of the terrestrial world is covered in trees, there are precious few vertebrates that make the canopy their home and subsist solely on a diet of leaves.
Plants & Animals
Jul 20, 2016
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Researchers use laser scanners to study the day-night rhythm of trees
Most living organisms adapt their behavior to the rhythm of day and night. Plants are no exception: flowers open in the morning, some tree leaves close during the night. Researchers have been studying the day and night cycle ...
Ecology
May 17, 2016
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