Pollen on birds shows feeding grounds
Encrusted pollen on migrating birds' heads can shed light on where they've taken a break from migration to refuel, scientists say.
Plants & Animals
Aug 22, 2014
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Controlling ragweed pollen in Detroit: A no-mow solution for Motown?
When it comes to controlling hay fever-triggering ragweed plants on Detroit vacant lots, occasional mowing is worse than no mowing at all, and promoting reforestation might be the best solution.
Ecology
Jun 16, 2014
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Breakthrough study solves plant sex mystery
A team of biologists from the University of Leicester has solved a mystery surrounding how plants have sex.
Plants & Animals
Jun 6, 2014
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First evidence of plants evolving weaponry to compete in the struggle for selection
Rutting stags and clawing bears are but two examples of male animals fighting over a mate, but research in New Phytologist has uncovered the first evidence of similar male struggles leading to the evolution of weaponry in ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 20, 2014
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GMO soybean pollen threatens Mexican honey sales, study reports
Mexico is the fourth largest honey producer and fifth largest honey exporter in the world. A Smithsonian researcher and colleagues helped rural farmers in Mexico to quantify the genetically modified organism (GMO) soybean ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 7, 2014
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Robust network of insect pollinators may collapse suddenly, study finds
The global decline of bees, hoverflies and other pollinators pose a serious threat to food security and biodiversity. A team of scientists from Wageningen University, Netherlands, and Doñana Biological Station show in the ...
Ecology
Jan 6, 2014
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Amber fossil reveals ancient reproduction in flowering plants
A 100-million-year old piece of amber has been discovered which reveals the oldest evidence of sexual reproduction in a flowering plant – a cluster of 18 tiny flowers from the Cretaceous Period – with one of them in the ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 3, 2014
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Sticky business: Magnetic pollen replicas offer multimodal adhesion
Researchers have created magnetic replicas of sunflower pollen grains using a wet chemical, layer-by-layer process that applies highly conformal iron oxide coatings. The replicas possess natural adhesion properties inherited ...
Materials Science
Nov 21, 2013
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Study solves a 3,000-year-old mystery with pollen
More than 3,200 years ago, the thriving civilizations in and around modern-day Israel suddenly collapsed for reasons that have long been a mystery.
Archaeology
Oct 24, 2013
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Numerically identifying pollen grains improves on conventional ID method
Researchers have developed a new quantitative – rather than qualitative – method of identifying pollen grains that is certainly nothing to sneeze at.
Plants & Animals
Oct 7, 2013
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