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phys.org | 2/14/2019 | Staff
Credit: Michigan State University Shin-Han Shiu is a professor of plant biology at MSU. He and colleagues recently published a paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Credit: G.
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phys.org | 2/15/2019 | Staff
The iconic evergreen forests of the Pacific Northwest haven't always been here. In a recent study published in the journal Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, and Palaeoecology, scientists describe...
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The Gospel Coalition | 2/14/2019 | Staff
Devastating recent news of abuse has shown that wickedness can seep into any movement, whether the most developed hierarchy or movements characterized by autonomy. There is no silver bullet.
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Popular Science | 2/12/2019 | Staff
If you want an indoor tree-like plant that grows tall and has large, deep green leaves, look no further than the rubber plant, which is a nice contender to the crazy-popular the fiddle leaf fig.
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Breitbart | 2/11/2019 | Staff
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti declared Monday that the city would abandon plans to rebuild three natural gas power plants, despite concerns that the city could face acute power shortages as a...
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Breitbart | 2/11/2019 | Staff
Ford Motor Company is planning to add about 500 additional American jobs to its manufacturing plants in the Chicago metro area, executives have announced. The multinational automaker is expected to...
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phys.org | 2/11/2019 | Staff
Small RNAs (sRNAs) are key regulators involved in plant growth and development. Two groups of sRNAs are abundant during development of pollen in the anthers—a critical process for reproductive...
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phys.org | 2/6/2019 | Staff
Like master artisans selecting the finest raw materials for their showpiece designs, New Caledonian crows identify the best plants for fashioning hunting hooks from among myriad shrubs in the forest...
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Mail Online | 2/10/2019 | Dailymail.com ReporterThey announced they were expecting a second child on Saturday night. And Florida Georgia Line band member Tyler Hubbard made the news red carpet official when the 32-year-old bent down to plant a...
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phys.org | 2/7/2019 | Staff
Green plants capture light that spans the visible solar spectrum, and while a broad spectral range is required for sufficient absorption, the process requires energy to be funneled rapidly and...
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phys.org | 2/9/2019 | Staff
Most plants have developed mechanisms to prevent self-fertilization and its detrimental effects of inbreeding depression. Traits promoting selfing in plants have been approached mainly from the...
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phys.org | 2/8/2019 | Staff
Someday – in some scientifically savvy encyclopedia perhaps – the word "resilience" may include a photograph of the Western Corn Rootworm. This crafty, intrepid rootworm has found a way to...
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phys.org | 2/6/2019 | Staff
The ScenoProt project has analysed the nutrient composition and the most typical bioactive compounds of high-protein plants. Analyses aimed to identify the amount of proteins, the amino acid...
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ScienceDaily | 2/6/2019 | StaffNeither plants nor fungi existed on land prior to 800 million years ago, an astonishing phenomenon considering their current immense biodiversity, ecosystem dominance, and impact on the environment.
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phys.org | 2/6/2019 | Staff
A study out of the University of Kentucky provides a base of understanding of carbon footprint terminology and illustrates carbon footprint analyses using data from previous research that modeled...
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phys.org | 2/6/2019 | Staff
What can a billion years of coexistence tell us about the evolution of plants and fungi? Neither plants nor fungi existed on land prior to 800 million years ago, an astonishing phenomenon...
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phys.org | 2/4/2019 | Staff
University of Cincinnati researchers say they have found a solution to one of the biggest environmental problems facing the energy industry: water consumption. Power plants in the United States need...
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Mail Online | 2/1/2019 | Mark Prigg For Dailymail.com
Scientists have shed new light on how the largest mass extinction in the history of Earth wiped out 90 per cent of all life on the planet around 250 million years ago.
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ScienceDaily | 2/1/2019 | Staff
Iron is an essential nutrient for plants, animals and also for humans. It is needed for a diverse range of metabolic processes, for example for photosynthesis and for respiration.
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phys.org | 1/31/2019 | Staff
The top 100 Australian plant species at risk of extinction have been identified by Threatened Species Recovery Hub research. University of Queensland researcher Dr.
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ScienceDaily | 1/31/2019 | StaffSoda lime is a solid off-white mixture of calcium and sodium hydroxides used in scuba rebreathers, submarines, anesthesia, and other closed breathing environments to prevent the poisonous...
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phys.org | 1/31/2019 | Staff
Little life could endure the Earth-spanning cataclysm known as the Great Dying, but plants may have suffered its wrath long before many animal counterparts, says new research led by the University...
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www.oann.com | 5/25/2018 | Staff
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV said Thursday it is cancelling two additional shifts at its Warren Truck and Sterling Heights Assembly plants after CMS Energy Corp made an...
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ScienceDaily | 1/31/2019 | Staff
Researcher Dr Jennifer Silcock from the University of Queensland said three quarters of Australia's threatened species are plants. "Knowing which plants are at greatest risk gives us a chance to...
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Mail Online | 1/30/2019 | Dailymail.com Reporter
Idaho police made the largest weed bust in the agency's history last week when they discovered a truck filled with nearly 7,000 pounds of marijuana plants. Idaho troopers stopped a semi-truck...
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ScienceDaily | 1/30/2019 | StaffFine particulate matter is an air pollutant that can negatively impact human health when levels in air are too high and can also influence climate. The breakthrough could lead to stronger, more...
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www.oann.com | 1/22/2019 | Staff
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – General Motors Co said late Wednesday it will suspend operations at 11 Michigan plants and its Warren Tech Center, after a utility made an emergency appeal to users to conserve...
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www.oann.com | 1/30/2019 | Staff
HANGZHOU, China/SHIELI, Kazakhstan (Reuters) – On a windswept steppe in southwestern Kazakhstan, the new Chinese-backed cement plant on the outskirts of the village of Shieli stands as a gleaming...
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phys.org | 1/30/2019 | Staff
Scientists are a step closer to understanding what controls fine particulate matter in the Earth's atmosphere after identifying new linkages between natural contaminants and with manmade pollutants.
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www.oann.com | 1/29/2019 | StaffMEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Labor strikes at several dozen manufacturers in the Mexican city of Matamoros on the United States border are costing the sector about $50 million a day in unfulfilled...
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Science | AAAS | 1/29/2019 | Staff
Algae found in thermal springs and other extreme environments have heated up a long-standing debate: Do eukaryotes—organisms with a cell nucleus—sometimes get an evolutionary boost in the form of...
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The Federalist | 1/29/2019 | David Marcus
In what CNN called the first major prime time event of the 2020 presidential election, Senator Kamala Harris swung for the fences and consistently pulled the ball to left field.
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The Daily Caller | 9/28/2018 | Staff
Germany plans on closing all its coal-fired power plants over the next two decades to fight global warming. However, it’s doubtful Germany’s anti-coal effort will have any measurable impact on...
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Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion | 1/28/2019 | Leslie Eastman
Germany has officially revealed plans to shut down all 84 of its coal-fired power plants over the next 19 years in its quest against climate change. The announcement marked a significant shift for...
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ScienceDaily | 1/25/2019 | Staff
Sugar is generated in plant leaves by photosynthesis, and is transported as the disaccharide sucrose to other parts of the plant through the sieve tissue. In sink tissues such as roots, pollen and...
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ScienceDaily | 1/24/2019 | StaffPlant scientists at the Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU) have built a gene expression atlas that maps the 'noisy genes' of genetically identical plants.
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Science | AAAS | 1/24/2019 | Staff
The “dank” smelling terpenes emitted by growing marijuana can combine with chemicals in car emissions to form ozone, a health-damaging compound. This is especially problematic in Denver, where ozone...
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Popular Science | 1/23/2019 | Staff
Despite efforts to cut back, we’re still burning fossils fuels at record rates. Americans actually increased their emissions by an estimated 3.4 percent in 2018.
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ScienceDaily | 1/23/2019 | StaffThe discovery is the first to reveal the molecular basis of odor detection in plants and was more than 18 years in the making. "We started this project in 2000. Part of the difficulty was designing...
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phys.org | 1/23/2019 | Staff
Plants don't need noses to smell. The ability is in their genes. Researchers at the University of Tokyo have discovered the first steps of how information from odor molecules changes gene expression...
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phys.org | 1/22/2019 | Staff
Phenylalanine amino acid must be included in the human diet, but it is also essential for plants, determining many of their characteristics, such as the colour and scent of flowers, healing powers...
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phys.org | 1/22/2019 | Staff
Arabidopsis thaliana. Credit: Wikipedia. Plants have control mechanisms that resemble those in human senses. According to a new Weizmann Institute of Science study, plants adjust photosynthesis to...
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phys.org | 1/19/2019 | Staff
Salk researchers have mapped the genomes and epigenomes of genetically modified plant lines with the highest resolution ever to reveal exactly what happens at a molecular level when a piece of...
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D-brief | 1/18/2019 | Staff
Earlier this month, an experiment on China’s Chang’e 4 lander got cotton plants to sprout on the moon for the first time. Well, they’re already dead. On Jan. 7, China’s space agency released...
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phys.org | 1/18/2019 | Staff
Three days a week, Don Weber shows up to work at the U.S. Department of Agriculture campus in Beltsville, Md. The parking lot is empty and the hallways are dark.
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Express.co.uk | 1/17/2019 | Staff
The ingredients were kept in a biosphere and scientists in China hope to prove that an artificial, self-sustaining environment can thrive on our lunar satellite, with the hope of moving humans there...
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Universe Today | 1/7/2019 | Staff
It’s official, for the first time ever, scientists have found a living organism on the Moon! Well, not so much found, we put it there. But the implications are immense nonetheless! According to...
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ScienceDaily | 1/14/2019 | StaffWhile not immune to changing climate, plants respond to the rising mercury in different ways. Temperature affects the distribution of plants around the planet. It also affects the flowering time,...
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phys.org | 1/14/2019 | Staff
The fast-rising number of desalination plants worldwide—now almost 16,000, with capacity concentrated in the Middle East and North Africa—quench a growing thirst for freshwater but create a salty...
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The Daily Caller | 1/13/2019 | Staff
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio defended his plan to provide health care to all New Yorkers — including illegal immigrants — on CNN’s “State of the Union” with Jake Tapper.
Pope Francis asks for prayers ahead of Vatican abuse summit Vatican City, Feb 17, 2019 / 04:46 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope...
A Pastoral Prayer Every now and again I like to share an example of a pastoral prayer from Grace Fellowship Church.
O God, The Strength Of All the strength of all who put their trust in you: Mercifully accept our prayers; we may please...
How to pregame Lent: Septuagesima, Carnival, and Shrovetide Denver, Colo., Feb 17, 2019 / 04:21 am (CNA).- Sunday, Feb.
Independence, Community, and Authority David Hayward shared some thoughts on spiritual independence, community, and authority...
The Limits of Education OR Ph.D. OR Langston Hughes and CS Lewis Agree? Ph.D. Who whispered in the class or threw spit...
Cricket females choose male losers According to popular belief, females prefer males with high social status (alpha males) when...
Former coal-fired power plant is demolished in Germany A long-shut coal-fired power plant in western Germany has been...
Astrophysicists Find New Clue in Search for Universe's Missing Matter Astronomers think they've found a new clue in their...
NASA asteroid tracker: 280FT asteroid is hurtling for Earth approach at 30,000MPH Asteroid MD8 is a prime example of a...
Laboratory's nanopore research hits a nerve Since the discovery of biological ion channels and their role in physiology,...
Tooth plaque shows drinking milk goes back 3,000 years in Mongolia B. Bower. Paint specks in tooth tartar illuminate a medieval...
Lisa Rinna shows off her toned figure in leggings as she enjoys lunch date with husband Harry Hamlin 21-years of marriage and...
‘The Umbrella Academy’: Gerard Way & Showrunner Steve Blackman on Netflix’s Insane Comic Book Adaptation
Don Cheadle Hosts SNL: Watch Video of the Best & Worst Sketches It’s hard to believe that Don Cheadle...
Melissa McCarthy looks stylish in an all-black pantsuit Melissa McCarthy stepped out in an all black ensemble to honor make-up...
Looking Back on Orlando Bloom's Surprising Dating History After three years of marriage and some rumors of their relationship...
Young and the Restless Stars With the Highest Net Worth Young and the Restless fans know that their show is constantly rated...
Raccoons Keep Calm and Carry On! These cute raccoons appear to be waiting to be fed with the front one looking to keep every...
Rare "Dumbo" Octopus! This octopus fans out its tentacles as if showing off while having its picture taken!
Subway in 1905 - New York City, NY! This short glimpse into the past reveals a time radically different from today.
This Turkey Gives Out Hugs! This turkey has a great strategy for avoiding being a Thanksgiving dinner - just give another way,...
Tornado Coming in Laramie! This classic stovepipe in Laramie is causing some havoc as it continues on its way looking very...
Short, But Torrential Downpour in Nevada! This microburst drops lots of water on the Nevada landscape!
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