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Tobacco: Good for Our Health?
Negative connotations about tobacco are prevalent in many cultures across the world. However, upon closer examination, we may become a bit more willing to accept tobacco plants into our lives – but not in the way you might expect.
Tobacco holds a notorious reputation for giving people health problems across the world when smoked or dipped, but the plant itself may prove helpful to us by facilitating the cleaning of our environment.
Strains of tobacco that were genetically modified with the addition...
Posted by Pallavi on 03 9th, 2010
Potato Strain Resistant to...
Did you know that potatoes are not considered vegetables? They are edible tubers. On average, a person eats 73 pounds of potatoes, internationally; Americans eat almost twice that amount at 130 pounds per year!
However, among the four top-most produced crops, potatoes are the easiest targets for various fungi, viruses, and other infectious agents. The...
Posted by Deepa on 03 8th, 2010
Beans! Sharing the Nitroge...
Crops have always been plagued by insects, disease, nutrient-poor soil and drought. Now, it seems that one small part of the problem may be solved. One of the critical nutrients that plants require to grow is nitrogen. Nitrogen must be ‘fixed’ in order to turn Nitrogen from the air into a usable format, like ammonia, which can be used as a nutrient. ...
Posted by Deepa on 03 5th, 2010
Location, Location, Locati...
The American Association for the Advancement of Science conference wrapped up on the 22nd of February, and the topic of biofuels certainly did not go untouched.
Many scientists have been addressing the commercialization of the algal biofuel production process. Thus far, the obstacle has mainly been a battle with efficiency. The most recently proposed...
Posted by Usman on 03 4th, 2010
Yeast, lowering a plant...
As I was thinking about my topic for this week’s article, I thought I would do myself a little favor by first baking one of my favorite homemade desserts: white chocolate bread pudding. Not only did this help to inspire my thoughts, but perhaps even more importantly, it fed my unrelenting appetite for sweets.
The first step in preparing this delectable...