Research at Iowa State University has led to discovery of a genetic method that can increase biomass in algae by 50 to 80 percent.
Biotechnology
Nov 21, 2011
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Not only mineral oil and petroleum gas, also phosphorous is a scarce resource. According to well-respected scientists who gathered together for a conference in Cambridge this August, we will face significant problems relating ...
Biotechnology
Nov 14, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In a new study revealing key steps for controlling plant growth, researchers have shown how the assembly of components of the plant cell wall regulates growth of root hairs. Root hairs are important structures ...
Biotechnology
Jun 17, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- People aren't the only living things that suffer from stress. Trees must deal with stress too. It can come from a lack of water or too much water, from scarcity of a needed nutrient, from pollution or a changing ...
Plants & Animals
May 6, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The genes that control the hairy 'mining machine' that makes some plants better at finding nutrients in poor soils than others have been discovered by scientists from Oxford University and the John Innes ...
Biotechnology
Feb 18, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have identified a novel enzyme responsible for the formation of suberin -- the woody, waxy, cell-wall substance found in cork. ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 19, 2009
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You probably don't think about plant roots all that much—they're hidden underground after all. Yet they're continually changing the shape of the world. This process happens in your garden, where plants use invisible mechanisms ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 10, 2024
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Protists, a broad class of generally single-celled organisms that includes algae and amoebae, have long been regarded as a "catch-all" category for diverse microorganisms. Because of their diversity and prevalence, protists ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 27, 2023
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Plants have colonised the vast majority of the Earth's surface. So what is the key to their success?
Plants & Animals
Jan 6, 2023
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A midlife career change is hard to pull off, because it can involve reinventing yourself and adopting a completely new professional role. Now, researchers from Japan show that some plant cells get a helping hand from autophagy ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 6, 2022
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