With the constant struggle to improve agricultural yield and provide solutions for our impending global hunger problems, scientists are working harder than ever to discover new means to create more efficient agricultural processes.
A recent study has made a significant leap towards producing crops without any genetic variability, thus ensuring that all the crops in a given area will be of the highest quality.
This study utilizes the process of meiosis and mitosis by freezing cells after the first...
Posted by Deepa on 07 1st, 2009
A little green goes a long...
Commercially available green jet fuels are on the horizon. Professor David Shonnard, Robbins Chair Chemical Engineering professor, completed a thorough study on the use of the Camelina Sativa weed as a replacement for petroleum jet fuel.
This plant requires very little agricultural input to yield large amounts of the key ingredient for jet fuel; Camelina...
Posted by Amar on 06 30th, 2009
Plant-derived Therapy for ...
Nearly 30 million people have developed Alzheimer’s disease worldwide, and millions more know the name of the incurable illness. Alzheimer’s disease is expected to affect four times as many people by the year 2050, a number as large as the population of Mexico.
In the United States, Alzheimer’s is the leading cause of dementia, which is characterized...
Posted by Pallavi on 06 25th, 2009
Marijuana Linked to Cancer...
Marijuana is one of the few illegal substances remaining that can still arguably be less harmful than other legal substances, like tobacco. Until now, little research had been conducted to prove that cannabis smoke could have detrimental effects on the health of those who inhaled it.
Research by Professor Rajinder Singh from University of Leicester...
Posted by Deepa on 06 24th, 2009
Didymo: Invasion on the Ro...
News Flash from plants’ photosynthetic cousins: Didymosphenia geminata, one of the fastest spreading single-celled algae strains in the world has struck again, this time in the waters of the Esopus Creek in Shandaken, New York.
Didymo, also known as Rock Snot, has been a growing concern for biologists in recent years. It first caught the eye of the...
Popular Articles
Our Sponsors
