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acaena exigua

acaena exigua

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12-22-2016

Acaena exigua

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While it is known that plants have the incredible ability to develop flowers, roots, roots, branches based on cues from their environment, not as much is understood about the underlying mechanisms that drive variations in plant shapes.

10-13-2020 Plants

Two competing proteins determine plant shapes

While it is known that plants have the incredible ability...

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Researchers at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) are shedding new light on the remarkable ability of plant stem cells, or meristems, to block out viruses

10-11-2020 Plants

Study reveals how the tips of plants block viruses

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Researchers at UC Santa Barbara and UCLA have turned their attention to campus food, which represent some of the largest indirect sources of greenhouse gas emissions produced by the college.

10-10-2020 Lifestyle

Healthier campus food could reduce carbon emissions

For the last seven years, the University of California system...

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In an effort to identify the tropical plants that existed in closed-canopy rainforests, and also to understand where on Earth these ecosystems existed millions of years ago, scientists analyze the vegetation that is contained in the fossil teeth of extinct animals

10-05-2020 Plants

Plants from ancient rainforests can be identified in fossil teeth

In an effort to identify the tropical plants that existed...

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According to a new study from American University, spinach can be converted into carbon nanosheets to serve as a catalyst for an oxygen reduction reaction in fuel cells.

10-05-2020 Plants

Spinach can be used to power fuel cells

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Within the next three decades, alien species will increase by more than 35 percent compared to 2005, according to a new study from University College London.

10-01-2020 Animals

Alien species will increase by the thousands over the next three decades

Within the next three decades, alien species will increase by...

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09-28-2020 Plants

Machine learning identifies 4,300 types of endangered orchids

Scientists have demonstrated how artificial intelligence can be used to...

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The scientists propose that combining the expertise of farmers with high-tech breeding could unleash the potential to make crops more resilient to climate change.

09-27-2020 Plants

Farmers can help make crops more resilient

In a new study published by Frontiers, researchers emphasize that...

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The study has revealed that Arctic air pollution is much worse than what was previously realized.

09-25-2020 Environment

Tree rings reveal the shocking extent of Arctic air pollution

An international team of researchers led by the University of...

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The researchers found that high-elevation biodiversity hotspots will be substantially reduced over the next three decades without urgent intervention.

09-24-2020 Plants

Biodiversity hotspots are shrinking in the Andes mountains

A new study published by Frontiers is one of the...

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If you want to help protect butterflies from climate change, provide them with more shady places to keep cool, according to a new study from the University of Cambridge.

09-24-2020 Science

How to help protect butterflies: give them some shade

If you want to help protect butterflies from climate change,...

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