Environmental damage from fog reduction is observable from outer space, find hydrologists
IUPUI-led study is the first to find satellite data can detect fog's impact on vegetation levels under climate changeCredit: Image ...
Tag: Plant Sciences
Small see-through container improves plant micrografting
Credit: The Plant Journal A type of plant grafting needing a tremendous amount of precision and skill has now been ...
Tillage and cover cropping effects on grain production
Credit: Gurpreet Kaur June 4, 2020 - Incorporating cover crops with tillage reportedly results in increased cover crop decomposition rates ...
UNM researchers document the first use of maize in Mesoamerica
Credit: UNM Almost any grocery store is filled with products made from corn, also known as maize, in every aisle: ...
How bacteria fertilize soya
Credit: ETH Zurich / Anne-Greet Bittermann Plants need nitrogen in the form of ammonium if they are to grow. In ...
Project to introduce a coconut rhinoceros beetle disease in Guam gets $240,000 grant
Credit: University of Guam The Office of Insular Affairs (DOI-OIA) of the U.S. Department of the Interior has awarded $239,994 ...
When determining sex, exceptions are the rule
Credit: Jacelyn Shu / Genome Biology and Evolution For nearly a century, biologists have modeled the evolution of sex chromosomes--the ...
New biosensor visualizes stress in living plant cells in real time
Nanosensor allows unprecedented access to explore mechanisms related to droughtCredit: Schroeder Lab, UC San Diego Plant biologists have long sought ...
WVU researchers tap into wood for protection against COVID-19
Credit: West Virginia University As healthcare facilities grapple with personal protective equipment shortages, West Virginia University researchers are going against ...
Ten years of ecosystem services matrix: Review of a (r)evolution
Credit: Pensoft In recent years, the concept of Ecosystem Services (ES): the benefits people obtain from ecosystems, such as pollination ...
Airborne science discovers complex geomorphic controls on Bornean forests
Credit: Global Airborne Observatory, ASU Center for Global Discovery and Conservation Science. Tropical forests contain some of the most biodiverse ...
Honeybees: Pesticides disrupt nursing behavior and larval development
Unique long-term videos show the bee nursery in the hiveCredit: Paul Siefert/Bee Research Institute Oberursel/Goethe University Frankfurt A newly developed ...
New method for capturing carbon via root exudates in wild forest
Credit: Naoki Makita Ph.D., Faculty of Science, Shinshu University It is well known that plants use carbon dioxide obtained from ...
Bumblebees speed up flowering
Credit: Photograph: Hannier Pulido / ETH Zurich Spring has sprung earlier than ever before this year, accompanied by temperatures more ...
A return to the wild for better immune health
Credit: Jacob Mills A research team led by the University of Adelaide has found that revegetation of green spaces within ...
Scientists identify a temperature tipping point for tropical forests
Credit: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute photo All living things have tipping points: points of no return, beyond which they cannot ...
Tracking the tinderbox: Stanford scientists map wildfire fuel moisture across western US
Mapping dry wildfire fuels with AI and new satellite dataCredit: Krishna Rao As California and the American West head into ...
Carl Linnaeus’s household laid the foundation for his scientific work
Credit: Mikael Wallerstedt Without a wife and a well-functioning household, Carl Linnaeus would have had difficulty becoming the prominent scientist ...
‘Bee’ thankful for the evolution of pollen
MU researchers discover wildflower's spiny pollen adapts to help plants reproduceCredit: University of Missouri Have pollen. Must travel. Over 80% ...
Physicist to study bacteria undergoing photosynthesis
Nathaniel Gabor's lab develops experiments to bridge vastly different scales of size, energy, and complexityCredit: UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- ...
