From the toilet to the sink: water recycling battles scarcity
Would you take a swig of water from your faucet if it originally came from the sewer?
Environment
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Medicinal plants may be a key to understanding other cultures
A new methodology for comparing herbal medicine across societies can also be used to understand the transfer of cultural traditions.
Plants & Animals
Apr 1, 2019
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German cabinet passes nuclear exit bill
The German cabinet signed off Monday on a bill phasing out nuclear power in Europe's biggest economy by 2022, prompted by the disaster in March at Japan's Fukushima plant.
Energy & Green Tech
Jun 6, 2011
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Galapagos tomato provides key to making cultivated tomatoes resistant to whitefly
The whitefly is a major problem for open field tomato cultivation throughout the world. Scientists of Wageningen UR together with a number of partners have discovered genes for resistance to the whitefly in a wild relative ...
Biotechnology
Sep 11, 2012
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Scientists reveal the relationship between root microbiome and nitrogen use efficiency in rice
A collaborative team led by Prof. Bai Yang and Prof. Chu Chengcai from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), recently examined the variation in root microbiota within 68 indica ...
Plants & Animals
May 1, 2019
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Scientists develop device to communicate with plants using electrical signals
A team of scientists led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has developed a device that can deliver electrical signals to and from plants, opening the door to new technologies that make use of ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 16, 2021
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Hydrology data tool helps users manage water resources, protect infrastructure
River systems are essential resources for everything from drinking water supply to power generation—but these systems are also hydrologically complex, and it is not always clear how water flow data from various monitoring ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 7, 2020
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Researchers discover protein that helps plants tolerate drought, flooding, other stresses
A team including Dartmouth researchers has uncovered a protein that plays a vital role in how plant roots use water and nutrients, a key step in improving the production and quality of crops and biofuels.
Biotechnology
Aug 12, 2013
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Fewer moths, more flies: Complex relationships between plants and pollinators have changed dramatically
Their service is invaluable. The army of insects and other animals that pollinates the numerous plants of this earth has an essential function. Without these flower visitors, numerous wild plants could reproduce only poorly—or ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 3, 2023
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3 ways insecticides can be counterproductive in agriculture
Pesticides are not new and are definitely not a human invention. Plants and other microorganisms have used chemicals to defend themselves from other organisms for hundred thousands of years.
Plants & Animals
Sep 4, 2019
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