Shedding light on the long and the short of plant growth
What keeps some plants squatting close to the soil while others—even those closely related—reach high for the skies?
Biotechnology
Apr 19, 2021
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Flower diversity may mitigate insecticide effects on wild bees
A higher diversity of flowering plants increases the breeding success of wild bees and may help compensate for the negative effects of insecticides. This is what researchers from the Universities of Göttingen and Hohenheim, ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 3, 2021
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Rapeseed research challenges previous thinking on flowering time
Research has shed new light on the molecular mechanisms that allow crops to synchronize flowering with favorable conditions.
Plants & Animals
Dec 14, 2020
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Tomato plants communicate at a molecular level
Working together with researchers from the University of Tübingen, the University of Tromsø, UC Davis and the Sainsbury Laboratory in Norwich, biologists from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 21, 2020
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How rape culture shapes whether a survivor is believed
A hallmark of the #MeToo movement has been to make plain the ubiquity of sexual violence against women and the impunity with which some perpetrators get away with it again and again. Rape is the nation's most underreported ...
Social Sciences
Aug 26, 2020
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Parasitic wasp discovery offers chemical-free pest control for growers
A species of parasitic wasp discovered by chance could provide growers with a chemical-free way of controlling a major pest.
Plants & Animals
May 22, 2020
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Lack of media skepticism tied to belief in rape myths
People who tend to recognize similarities between people they know and people depicted in the media are more likely to believe common myths about sexual assault, according to a new study co-led by a Cornell researcher.
Social Sciences
Mar 24, 2020
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Dance of the honey bee reveals fondness for strawberries
Bees are pollinators of many wild and crop plants, but in many places their diversity and density is declining. A research team from the Universities of Göttingen, Sussex and Würzburg has now investigated the foraging behaviour ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 24, 2020
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'Real' rape stereotype may affect child rape trials
New research has found that two factors—an outdoor location and the presence of a weapon—have a significant bearing on the verdict of juries in cases of child stranger rape.
Social Sciences
Jan 13, 2020
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New discovery will help fight lethal oilseed rape disease
Researchers at the University of Hertfordshire have found a way to improve the resilience of oilseed rape and reduce the estimated £100m annual loss to phoma stem canker, one of the most important winter diseases of oilseed ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 8, 2020
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