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9:07am, 12th April, 2019

Knowing how cells grow and divide can lead to more robust and productive plants

(VIB (the Flanders Institute for Biotechnology)) In contrast to mammals, where the body plan is final at birth, the formation of new root branches ensures that the root system keeps growing throughout a plant's life. Scientists from the VIB-UGen...

Droughts could hit aging power plants hard

1:26pm, 26th March, 2019

Nature

Droughts could hit aging power plants hard

(Duke University) Droughts will pose a much larger threat to U.S. power plants with once-through cooling systems than scientists previously suspected, a Duke University study shows. If surface waters warm 3oC and river flows drop 20 percent, drought-...

Desert plants provided by homeowners offer habitat for desert bird species

6:29pm, 12th March, 2019

Tech

Desert plants provided by homeowners offer habitat for desert bird species

(University of Massachusetts at Amherst) A persistent question among urban ecology researchers has been the long-term impact of urbanization on bird species biodiversity. Specifically, they wonder whether the portions of cities with higher diversity...

Engineered microbe may be key to producing plastic from plants

6:04pm, 6th March, 2019

Environment

Engineered microbe may be key to producing plastic from plants

(University of Wisconsin-Madison) With a few genetic tweaks, a type of soil bacteria with an appetite for hydrocarbons shows promise as a biological factory for converting a renewable -- but frustratingly untapped -- bounty into a replacement for ubi...

Improving ecosystems with aquatic plants

8:13pm, 27th February, 2019

Nature

Improving ecosystems with aquatic plants

(American Society for Horticultural Science) Wetland restoration is critical for improving ecosystem services, but many aquatic plant nurseries do not have facilities similar to those typically used for large-scale plant production. This study attemp...

From farm to final frontier: How Boeing’s CEO plants the seeds for tomorrow’s tech

11:53am, 30th September, 2018

Space

From farm to final frontier: How Boeing’s CEO plants the seeds for tomorrow’s tech

Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg grew up on a farm in Iowa. (Boeing Photo) Dennis Muilenburg is leading Boeing into a second century of innovation with dreams of hypersonic flight, self-flying planes and journeys to Mars. But to lead the way, the 102-yea...

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Knowing how cells grow and divide can lead to more robust and productive plants

Droughts could hit aging power plants hard

Desert plants provided by homeowners offer habitat for desert bird species

Engineered microbe may be key to producing plastic from plants

Improving ecosystems with aquatic plants

From farm to final frontier: How Boeing’s CEO plants the seeds for tomorrow’s tech

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