 | News: Helping plants survive drought
Helping plants survive drought Victoria Times Colonist - Mark Johnson - Sep 3, 2010 "When a plant is wilting, many, many things are happening." The scientists observed the effect of a key hormone called abscisic acid in a laboratory plant | | | | |
| News: Hazards: Salmonella Is Traced to Dry Pet Food
Hazards: Salmonella Is Traced to Dry Pet Food New York Times - Roni Caryn Rabin - Aug 9, 2010 Officials referred to the factory only as “Plant X.” Altogether, 79 people were infected, including 32 children age 2 or younger. Scientists traced the | | | | |
| News: Apples originated in Kazakhstan, scientists say
Apples originated in Kazakhstan, scientists say Central Asia Online - Stan Rogers - Aug 31, 2010 Riccardo Velasco of Italy and co-authors have traced the apple's genetic ancestry to Malus sieversii, a wild plant from southern Kazakhstan. | | | | |
| News: LC-MS-MS reveals plant response to ABA
LC-MS-MS reveals plant response to ABA Chromatography Today - Sep 2, 2010 The impact of the plant hormone abscisic acid (ABA) has been studied by Chinese scientists using liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry | | | | |
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Posted by Katie Kline on September 2nd, 2010 Ecotone (blog) - Sep 2, 2010 Tobacco caterpillars: Scientists have found that, when feasting on tobacco leaves, hornworm caterpillars signal predators. The caterpillar saliva mixed with | | | | |
| News: From Superseeds to Mutant Tomatoes
From Superseeds to Mutant Tomatoes New York Times - Robin Finn - Aug 21, 2010 He is in the second phase of his discovery of a genetic intervention that turns the average tomato plant into a bionic fruit factory. | | | | |
| News: Social media helps NRC combat brain drain
Social media helps NRC combat brain drain GCN.com - William Jackson - Sep 2, 2010 It also has on-site inspectors permanently stationed at each nuclear power plant that it regulates. The knowledge management challenge is simple, | | | | |
| News: China has Antarctica in its sights
China has Antarctica in its sights Sydney Morning Herald - 22 hours ago The head of China's Antarctic program, Wei Wenliang, says the new Antarctic transport capability will enable Chinese scientists to live year-round at an | | | | |
| News: Want a car that gets good grades? Buy a hybrid
Want a car that gets good grades? Buy a hybrid Grist Magazine - Randy Rieland - Aug 31, 2010 It is a victory not just for me and the university, but for all scientists who live in fear that they may be subject to a politically-motivated witch hunt | | | | |
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| News: Scientists research crop water use in salty conditions
Scientists research crop water use in salty conditions Central Valley Business Times - Aug 10, 2010 A team of plant and soil scientists from California State University, Fresno and the University of California, Davis is working to provide new water-use | | | | |
| News: Darpa's Star Hacker Looks to WikiLeak-Proof Pentagon
Darpa's Star Hacker Looks to WikiLeak-Proof Pentagon Wired News - Spencer Ackerman - Aug 31, 2010 Or, as Steve Aftergood, an intelligence-policy expert at the Federation of American Scientists puts it, “a sort of system-wide surveillance of Pentagon | | | | |
| News: Drones to be built at Northrop Grumman
Drones to be built at Northrop Grumman WALA-TV FOX10 - Matt Barrentine - Sep 1, 2010 NOAA scientists have just begun to use the Global Hawk version of the aircraft to fly over hurricanes. One is scheduled to fly over Hurricane Earl Thursday | | | | |
| News: In La., signs of regrowth seen in oiled marshes
In La., signs of regrowth seen in oiled marshes The Associated Press - Cain Burdeau, Jeffrey Collins - Aug 11, 2010 More than a dozen scientists interviewed by The Associated Press say the marsh here and across the Louisiana coast is healing itself, giving them hope | | | | |
| News: Algae slows water production in Put-in-Bay
Algae slows water production in Put-in-Bay Port Clinton News Herald - James Proffitt - Aug 27, 2010 Knauer said the recent algae bloom in the Western Basin of Lake Erie has reduced the island water plant's ability to produce as much clean drinking water as | | | | |
| News: Plants and Spiders Compete for Food, Scientists Discover
Plants and Spiders Compete for Food, Scientists Discover FOXNews - Stephanie Pappas - 21 hours ago To find out, the researchers collected sundews, a tiny pink carnivorous plant found in the southeastern United States. Sundews are covered with sticky | | | | |
| News: 'Iran N-plant unrelated to enrichment'
'Iran N-plant unrelated to enrichment' Press TV - Aug 18, 2010 "The protracted start-up of the Bushehr nuclear reactor demonstrates the scientific and technological capabilities of Iranian scientists," he added. | | | | |
| News: Dabaa nearly set to become Egypt's first nuclear site
Dabaa nearly set to become Egypt's first nuclear site Al-Masry Al-Youm - Ahmed Almasry - Aug 25, 2010 After a year of dispute between businessmen and scientists, the Dabaa strip, along the Mediterranean coast, stands out as the most likely location for | | | | |
| News: Seeding The Future
Seeding The Future Businessworld - Gauri Kamath - 2 hours ago Trivitron, a Rs 400-crore medical technology firm, agreed in May to bankroll the Trivitron Innovation Centre at the IIT, where scientists and engineers from | | | | |
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