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 At home in his laboratory, he places tree branches in wind tunnels to measure pollution deposition onto leaves.

 My students and I equipped street trees with sensors in and around the trunk in Los angeles to monitor growth

and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), says that using food for energy oe like sugar cane for biofuels oe must avoid depleting food stocks

and free oe plantain piths (stems). Physicist KD Jayasuriya and his team found that the boiling technique produced a similar efficiency increase for plantains oe

The mice were no less likely to eat seeds that were found near faecal material oe

whether infected or not oe than to eat seeds that were clean. In a way, the mice were the opposite of the sheep.

Reeds were seeded then across the site to dry out the new land before they were replaced by rapeseed,

and then rye, wheat, barley and finally oats. Ultimately, other crops could be planted on an area that was covered once with salt water.

This means there is less opportunity for the leaves to leak water oe C3 plants lose 97%of the water they take up through their roots to transpiration.

including corn (maize), sugarcane, sorghum and millet. But many of the most popular crops, including wheat

trying to change its leaf anatomy to that of a C4 plant, which have packed closely veins of two cell types;

because although its main leaves are C4, the small husk leaves (which are far less efficient at photosynthesising) are C3.

So geneticists are painstakingly comparing the genetic code of the two leaf types to find out what makes a C4 leaf a C4 leaf.

and it works in rice, Langdale says it will be fairly simple to convert other crops, such as wheat, barley and rapeseed (canola).

extending tendrils and plumes and interacting with the layers of the air that surrounds us.

a whole cluster of valuable technologies might share a common root in the making of copper metal.

Already, urban moths have evolved changes in shade suiting their dull concrete habitat (compared with the tree trunks they used to live among),

Think of how trees share common technologies (leaves, trunk, roots) adapted to different kinds of environments

and using a range of resources. For example, needle-leaved Canadian evergreens make the most of scant sunlight

and their leaf litter feeds the acidic soils that nurture networks of microorganisms, such as nitrogen-fixing bacteria,

The self-described health nut who was in training to run marathons suddenly found himself unable to jog for more than a couple of minutes before coming to a gasping, staggering halt.

However, it could equally have been powered by one of a number of biofuels made from algae, flax, coconut husks or even from used cooking-oil.

Previous studies with the rapeseed fuel also show that there is a 25%reduction in particles

a mildly narcotic leaf that is chewed daily (and is blamed partly for a host of other problems,

This behaviour is seen only with predators who use a stalk -and-ambush strategy oe gazelle do not follow hyena,

Most efforts to establish the root of risky decisions made by human teenagers focus on the underdeveloped prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain responsible for mental processes like long-term planning and judgement.

Minutes later, the departed group identifies a temporary resting place on a nearby tree branch, and from there it surveys the local real estate. Several hundred scouts fan out in all directions in search of a suitable location for a new hive.

which pulls carbon dioxide out of the air and stores it as a bicarbonate (baking soda) on the leaf.

Her swollen trunk had been dragging on the ground while her ears and legs displayed evidence of another recent fall.

touching it with their feet and trunks. Even though the carcass had been visited by jackals, hyenas, vultures,

Farmers left stalks and silage in the fields to rot down, and added whatever other organic material they could,

Fertiliser pollution in lakes and the ocean causes massive blooms of algae, which use up the oxygen dissolved in the water,

suffocating other species. The vast blooms of red or green algae cause dead zones for kilometres, with the associated stench.

or not oe most farmers are working with poor soils, bad seeds and uncertain water supplies.

or conventionally bred cassava-rather than vast grain monocultures. With an enormous variety of crops, fields and farmers, there will be a variety of different practices used (including the investigation of wild-type relatives of staple crops),

And as people become richer and switch from rice or cassava to milk and meats

Fish that lay their eggs in the shallows among submerged tree roots, for example, may find a few hours later that those sites are high and dry with the eggs desiccated.

Some of the most successful volunteer computing approaches have their roots in the world of gaming.

Consumers are urged not to buy timber products made from tiger-inhabited forests, such as Asia Pulp & Paper brands accused by the WWF and Greenpeace of rainforest destruction in Sumatra.

a dry twig snaps loudly beneath my foot and I catch sight of a blur of powerful movement.

These so-called"induced pluripotent stem cells  (otherwise known as ips cells) are in turn capable of making every cell in the body.

"That made us realize that we had probably the largest repository of potential stem cells,

As a first step, Ryder and a team of stem cell scientists have reprogrammed the skin cells from a northern white rhinoceroses named Fatu, one of seven still alive,

Armed with this code, they then need to find a way of engineering a regular pigeon's stem cells into behaving like a passenger pigeon's stem cells by mutating the genome.

To endow ordinary lab mice with these traits Church will try to partially rewrite the genomes of mouse stem cells.

However, he admits that creating a passenger pigeon from the stem cells of an ordinary pigeon would involve a massive scale up of the same technologies.

the woolly mammoth stem cells could be implanted besides an elephant embryo early in development, producing a chimera animal with some tissues made from elephant cells and others from mammoths.

the roots of the meal-in-a-pill stem not from the fertile minds of science fiction writers,

This tiny, white vision of the future had its roots in late 19th century feminism. In the lead up to the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago

there are no roots to hold soil, nutrients and water in place. A dry spell can turn the ground to dust that is easily blown away,

because its roots grow down deep and hold it in place. Solutions like this are liked because they offer multiple benefits oe vetiver reduces weed

release quantities of carbon dioxide and remove the nutrients in the leftover crop stalks. Instead, they say,

the new seeds are sown simply into holes among the leftover plant matter. Leaving the old crop stalks

Ismail and his team scoured the vaults of their institute's rice seed bank oe the world's largest with more than 110,000 varieties.

These people live in parts of the world where their diets are dominated by staples oe foods such as rice, wheat, cassava,

so that they can identify how much seed, fertilizer, water, herbicides and pesticides different areas require. At first the appeal was that farmers would save money

Ever since 2007, the festivities have been highlighted by having a giant cod drop down to signal the new year.

says the colossal cod will descend 60 feet down to Oyster Pond Beach. It took him six months to build the fish,

a giant red maple leaf is lowered from the top floor window of a museum in downtown Eastport at 11 p m. local time to ring in the Canadian New Year.

while they attached each individual leaf to her body. Ted Sabarese likes working with nonprofessional models

and the electric chainsaws used to trim the trunks. Its easy to forget that along with the carbon footprint of the trees themselves

or pulp from whole cranberries makes for one invigorating hair mask that, in her words, will add oesilkiness, softness and luster to your locks.

as well as bleeding and fissures in the bark, according to a recent study in The netherlands. Radiation from Wi-fi networks is harmful to trees, causing significant variations in growth,

as well as bleeding and fissures in the bark, according to a recent study in The netherlands. All deciduous trees in the Western world are affected, according to the study by Wageningen University.

the bigger a gourd gets the more physical stress it experiences thus triggering giant pumpkins to grow even more. oetheir weight generates tension,

All giant pumpkins are grown from a single strain, the Atlantic Giant seed, which has a longer growing season than normal pumpkins.

Hus group squashed regular-sized gourds in the lab see how much stress they could take before rupturing.

A new study has revealed that naturally occurring chemicals found in the skin of the nut boost the immune systems response to such infections.

and the Bee Alert team buzzing around the same blossom. The first steps were awkward, partly because the Army lab was used not to testing bees,

Not forgetting the companys computer roots, the entire dashboard features a touchscreen interface and an exterior clearly reminiscent of Apples signature computer mouse.

with the giants of the African savannah steering clear of trees infested with them just in case they crawl up their sensitive trunks.

It seems that elephants simply do not like ants swarming up the insides of their trunks and I cant say I blame them.

An elephants trunk is a truly remarkable organ, but also appears to be their Achilles heel when it comes to squaring off with an angry ant colony.

New risks include a destructive mutant form of stem rust. The reddish, wind-borne fungus known to scientists as Ug99 has devastated wheat crops in places such as Kenya,

no genetically-altered seeds may be planted next spring. Not until the USDA submits an environmental impact statement process that can take up to three years.

and the Organic Seed Alliance have been trying to stop the biotech beets since 2008. Andrew Kimbrell, the Center for Food safetys executive director, hailed Fridays decision as a major victory,

soybeans and cotton are all mostly GMO seeds. But Judge White has little concern over the impact of his decision.

But finally the bendy bulb named the Barrington Banana after the village where he lives near Ilminster,

Only two types are grown from seeds, including mine, and ours is female while the other is male.

and created seeds to grow the four-inch golden-brown bulbs, which are said to be sweeter than traditional shallots.

and Environmental Research Agency (FERA) before they can be listed on the European Seed Register. And John is hoping someone will help him out with the £1, 500 fee.

conserving water and energy by redirecting them to the trunk. The trees leaves change colors, wither,

who led the research team that found the canola (Brassica napus, also known as rapeseed). Sagers and her team found two varieties of transgenic canola in the wild one modified to be resistant to Monsantos Roundup herbicide (glyphosate),

Sagers agrees that feral populations could have become established after trucks carrying cultivated GM seeds spilled some of their load during transportation.

Some scholars fear that this is breeding a generation of readers who wont have the attention span to get through oethe Catcher in the Rye

The medical dimensions of this industry seem in perpetual tension with its stoner roots. All dispensary workers sound utterly sincere about the health benefits of marijuana,

In September, white color oil flowers are in bloom on the whole mountain, It is a pity they covered up the beautiful red color.

or biodiesel from rapeseed. oeit is pretty irrelevant to rank various sustainable biofuels, there is room for all fuels,

Biogas from sugar beets, grass, maize, including residue in the form of household waste, industrial waste and manure, biodiesel from rapeseed, ethanol from wheat and sugar beets,

as well as sugar cane ethanol from Brazil were studied. A co-production of biogas and ethanol from wheat was analyzed also.

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while another was spotted inside its leaf retreat. The caterpillars also have a few other tricks to keep them safe.

The caterpillars live in folded leaf shelters and eat the leaves of the sassafras or spicebush.

Use them to sprout seeds..Simply dampen the coffee filter, place seeds inside, fold it and place it into a plastic baggie until they sprout. 24.

sugar cane and rice farmers who live in a rural hamlet called Anandapuram, a name that translates in Tamil to oehappy place.

farmers have little incentive to spend the extra money for the special seeds. Roundup originally made by Monsanto

the farmer, is wrestling with a particularly tenacious species of glyphosate-resistant pest called Palmer amaranth,

#Student in Kenya Invents Solar Powered Forest fire Detector Kenya Forest Services workers use branches to put out a fire at Karura forest in Nairobi.

While digitizing much of our once-printed media saves on tree pulp, it doesnt necessarily save trees.

we will someday be able to oetrain a tree to have its branches grow into the shape of end tables,

Once these unusual branches are fully grown, farmers can walk up to the tree and harvest the rocking chairs by cutting them down,

Politically Charged Science No other branch of science is charged as politically. A religious war is raging between alarmists and skeptics,

illuminated only by a small energy-saving bulb on the ceiling. This man with his thinning gray hair, is an unlikely adversary for climatologists,

he explained. oeolder methods assume that rates of molecular evolution dont change too radically from one branch of the evolutionary tree to another.

He said the banana fibre used in the underwear was made from a bark weave from the banana plant,

broken and lifted by tree roots. Then they become dangerous to walk on. Sidewalk repairs require intensive labor, money and sometimes the removal of trees and their invasive roots,

but with Terrewalks trees, money and labor are saved. Terrewalks sidewalks are a new and improved version of Rubbersidewalks

This give tree roots room to grow. The panels flexiblity also accommodate for root growth

and because water can seep into the seams between the panels the roots wont grow thirsty either.

Lanng rests his Macbook on a tree-stump table in front of him. For the last seven months, he and a dozen or so other coders have been building an e-invoicing company called Porta.

#Surprising New Branches on Arthropod family Tree Centipede. Any way you look at it by sheer weight, species diversity or population the hard-shelled,

But the smaller genome of brachypodium makes it easier to find genes linked to specific traits, such as stem size and disease resistance.

This explains why the ancient herb ginseng, which is said to increase energy and memory, is considered a strong aphrodisiac.

Ginseng has long been respected in China for its systemic healing properties, including the ability to aid sexual function. 2. Yohimbine Chai Latte Before Viagra,

an oil that comes from the bark of the West african Pausinystalia Yohimbe tree. For hundreds of years, African natives have dried yohimbe bark

Fortunately, the key component of yohimbe bark, yohimbine hydrochloride, is available by prescription in pill,

Perhaps all this greenery led to evenings of fabulous lovemaking, or perhaps it only made the bride wonder

And although its unknown if the long, firm stalks of asparagus work any true phallic magic, in this era of fast food and poor diet

And in the traditions of pagan religions, crushed licorice root was used in love sachets and in spells to ensure fidelity.

they say the technology promises to have widespread implications for our food supply. oeif we took the stem cells from one pig

which phosphorous is stored in plant tissue. Because phytate is absorbed not by the animals that eat the feed,

A meteorological dispersal model was applied to describe the spread of pollen and seeds in the atmosphere.

and birch seeds spread more effectively than pine seeds. However, the results showed that these differences had only minor impacts.

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Leaves of Certain Plants Are Susceptible to Leaf Burn from Too much Sun Ginkgo leaves in sunshine To the gardening world it may have always been considered a fact,

and a leaf affects the light environment on a leaf blade. The aim was to clarify the environmental conditions under

which sunlit water drops can cause leaf burn. These experiments found that water droplets on a smooth surface

such as maple or ginkgo leaves, cannot cause leaf burn. However in contrast the team found that floating fern leaves,

are susceptible to leaf burn. This is because the hairs can hold the water droplets in focus above the leafs surface,

acting as a magnifying glass. The latter not only partly confirms the widely held belief of gardeners, but also opens an analogous issue of sunburn on hairy human skin after bathing. oein sunshine water drops residing on smooth hairless plant leaves are unlikely to damage the leaf tissue,

summarised Horvath and co-authors. oehowever water drops held by plant hairs can indeed cause sunburn

the environment and the deep human need to reconnect with nature and our primordial roots.

Insurance and real-estate magnate Eli Broad has become an influential funder of stem-cell research;

Renaissance s roots are in Moscow, where Jennings maintains his primary residence, and his business strategy involves positioning the firm to capture the investment flows between the emerging markets, particularly Russia, Africa, and Asia.

whose spores lead to problems when breathed in. It has been discovered by scientists from Upstate Medical University

The team analysed clippings from 28 Christmas trees including needles and bark, from a range of species,

which found that after a Christmas tree has been on display for a fortnight, the number of airborne mould spores increases from 800 per 35 cubic feet to 5, 000.

Whether you call them tapas, small plates or appetizers, smaller-sized portions are going to keep growing strong for several reasons.

Over successive generations they were able to increase the amount of Human Serum albumin produced in the rice grains until it accounted for 10 per cent of the soluble protein produced in the rice seeds.

Its roots can weigh 300 pounds and run 12 feet deep. But the bug is also chewing up soybean stalks,

reducing some yields recently by as much as a quarter, according to entomologists at the University of Georgia. Disappearing kudzu is a cultural problem,

#The roots of perennial wheat Is this be the future of wheat? This is not the best photo,

and their skimpy root structures simply cannot. It s why, since large-scale corn farming replaced perennial prairie,

#Yuleahoop a revolutionary new way to decorate your Christmas tree Featured invention at the Davinci Inventor Showcase 2011 The Yuleahoopis a small round ring with gripping slots that slips over the top branch

which surround the seeds in the disposable cartridge#All the user has to do is add batteries, light and water.

When any particular seed is selected, helpful information such as days to harvest, planting depth, space between rows and optimum germination temperatures is offered.

The Plant Doctor You ve sowed the seeds, watered per instruction, and eagerly await the fruits of your labor.

An old shipping container is retrofitted with up to five tiers of growing platforms where beds of lettuce are grown with their roots in water, not soil.

#Scientists discovered the â Missing Linkâ#of beer brewing Beech galls in Patagonia inhabited by Saccharomyces eubayanus,

Ladies and gents, take a good look at the orange-colored galls on the beech tree to your left:

#Fukushima grows sunflowers to clean up radiation contamination A geiger counter is placed in front of sunflowers in full bloom in Fukushima.

So far we have grown at least 200,000 flowers (at this temple) and distributed many more seeds. At least 8 million sunflowers blooming in Fukushima originated from here.#

and encouraged temple visitors to take home flowers and seeds of their own. Sunflowers were used near Chernobyl after the 1986 nuclear accident there to extract radioactive cesium from contaminated ponds nearby.

and looking up, he noticed something about the bare branches above him. They didnt appear to be growing randomly.

So he took some measurements of the angles of the branches, crunched some numbers, and wouldnt you know it,

the bark is removed to make shingles, flowers and smaller limbs are saved for later use.##Wood is extracted#to build the concession stand.

The roots have many edible features, such as root bark used to make tea and tonics that could be sold in the kiosk, for example.

Pressed leaves and flowers taken from the tree will be ornaments in the front glass of the kiosk.

The branches that are less than five inches in diameter are cut away to prevent eventual rotting,

Many bee experts believe city bees have a leg up on country bees these days because of a longer nectar flow, with people planting flowers that bloom from spring to fall,

#Greg Fischer of Wild Blossom Meadery and Winery in Chicago has about 40 beehives in the city and another 60 in more rural areas.

In their research station, strawberries, yellow peppers, basil and banana plants take on an eerie pink glow under red and blue bulbs of Light-emitting diodes

While LED bulbs are expensive, the cost is steadily dropping. Olaf van Kooten, a professor of horticulture at Wageningen University who has observed the project

It is the story of three men from the urban environment who look to get back to their roots by building a tree house together.

DC, will have a special place in his heart for the famous cherry blossoms and festival held each spring. 2. Austin,

This quaint Midwestern city with the Missouri river winding through it has strong roots in Native american culture

Scientists have developed the first mobile app to identify plants by simply photographing a leaf. The free iphone and ipad app, called Leafsnap, instantly searches a growing library of leaf images amassed by the Smithsonian Institution.

In seconds, it returns a likely species name, high-resolution photographs and information on the trees flowers, fruit, seeds and bark.

Users make the final identification and share their findings with the apps growing database to help map the population of trees one mobile phone at a time.

will it be possible to train#a tree to have its branches grow into the shape of end tables, coffee tables, chairs, or rocking chairs.

So once the branches are fully grown, we can walk up to the tree and harvest the rocking chairs by cutting them down.

Shengyang province, moulds branches into shape while the tree is still growing. He uses elm trees

artistic gardens that bloom in concert with the people who get involved, evolvable playgrounds that grow along with the thinking of play,

and evil#smelled of Smouldering opium tar, tobacco absolute, green tea, black plum, kush, ambergris accord, ambrette seed,

Pale golden musk, honeycomb, amber, parma violet, hawthorne bark, aspen leaf, forest lily, life everlasting, white moss,

and gives you lots of good nutrition. 9. Cassava Rootwhen it comes to starch, cassava (also called manioc or yucca) is the third most consumed food in the world.

It also contains cyanide and unless processed in some way, it can kill. There are two types, sweet and bitter,

Even simply soaking cassava for a few hours will help as it also contains an enzyme called limnarase that liberates the cyanide over time.

unproccessed cassava will kill a cow and has killed humans in the past. 8. Nutmeg Nutmeg contains myristicine,

if you eat the leaf, but it contains oxalic acid salts that can cause kidney problems, coma and convulsions.

However, the stalks are not a problem and even with the leaves, you would need to eat about 5 lbs before you reached a fatal dose.

Unless you eat the seeds. Like cherries and other fruits, they contain cyanogenic glycosides causing cyanide.

Seeds from one apple will not likely cause an effect but people have eaten enough to die from it.

The bottle is made from switch grass, pine bark, corn husks and other materials. Ultimately, Pepsi plans to also use orange peels, oat hulls, potato scraps and other leftovers from its food business.

The new bottle looks, feels and protects the drink inside exactly the same as its current bottles,

Barley, oats, sorghum, rye, and millet make up the remainder. We start by looking at rice because,

#Zombie Ants Controlled by Four New Species of Fungi A stalk of the newfound fungus species Ophiocordyceps camponoti-balzani,

and spread their spores. All four known fungi species live in Brazils Atlantic rain forest, which is rapidly changing due to climate change

Other fungus species develop explosive spores on infected ants bodies. When other ants come near the cadavers,

the shooting spores can hit the unwitting passersby, turning them too into zombie ants. Lodged in a zombie ants brain,

The mature fungus stalk, shown growing from a zombie ants head during the final stage of infection,

Ophiocordyceps camponoti-rufipedis creates just a single stalk (pictured), while Ophiocordyceps camponoti-balzani forms a forked stalk.

Ants arent the only zombie-fungi hosts#ther insects also fall prey to fungus. Above, a wasp is infected by a Cordyceps fungus species that hasnt yet been named or formally documented.

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