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Time is ticking for some crop's wild relativesWashington DC (SPX) Jun 01, 2012 A botanist brings a species of alfalfa from Siberia, to the United States. His hope? The plant survives, and leads to a new winter-hardy alfalfa. But what also happened during this time in the late 1800's, isn't just a story of legend and lore. The truth of the matter is creating a current revival in both interest and conservation of what's now called a crop's "wild relative." And several researchers members of the American Society of Agronomy (ASA) and Crop Science Society of America (CSSA) say i ... read more |
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  Copy of the genetic makeup travels in a protein suitcase The blueprint of all living beings is stored in their genetic material. In higher organisms this is stored in the well-protected cell nucleus. "Here a kind of copier works around the clock to make c ... more | .. |
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 Lemur Extinctions Highlight Growing Ecological Retreat New research on the long-term impact of species extinctions suggests that the disappearance of one species does not necessarily allow remaining competitor species to thrive by filling now-empty nich ... more | .. |
 Stanford scientists document fragile land-sea ecological chain Douglas McCauley and Paul DeSalles did not set out to discover one of the longest ecological interaction chains ever documented. But that's exactly what they and a team of researchers - all current ... more | .. |
 The absence of elephants and rhinoceroses reduces biodiversity in tropical forests The progressive disappearance of seed-dispersing animals like elephants and rhinoceroses puts the structural integrity and biodiversity of the tropical forest of South-East Asia at risk. With the he ... more | .. |
 Tomato genome becomes fully sequenced For the first time, the genome of the tomato, Solanum lycopersicum, has been decoded, and it becomes an important step toward improving yield, nutrition, disease resistance, taste and color of the t ... more |
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 Livestock industry beefs up Illinois economy recent report conducted by the University of Illinois provides an economic snapshot of the current state of the livestock industry, giving the Illinois livestock industry data to back up their impor ... more | .. |
 Land and sea species differ in climate change response Marine and terrestrial species will likely differ in their responses to climate warming, new research by Simon Fraser University and Australia's University of Tasmania has found. The study, pu ... more | .. |
 Proteomic analysis of immuno camouflaged surfaces The transfusion of red blood cells (RBC) is a critical component in the treatment of a number of acute and chronic medical problems. Indeed, approximately 75 million units of whole blood (~34 millio ... more |
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 Octopuses focus on key features for successful camouflage Octopuses camouflage themselves by matching their body pattern to selected features of nearby objects, rather than trying to match the entire larger field of view, according to new research publishe ... more | .. |
 Velvet spiders emerge from underground in new cybertaxonomic monograph Velvet spiders include some of the most beautiful arachnids in Europe and some of the world's most cooperative species. Social species can be very abundant in parts of tropical Africa and Asia with ... more | .. |
  Peru carries out nationwide earthquake safety drill Peru carried out a nationwide safety drill on Thursday to see how authorities respond to a cataclysmic 8-magnitude earthquake with an epicenter just west of the capital, and the resulting tsunami. ... more | .. |
  Decades-old Egypt emergency ends: military Egypt's decades-old state of emergency came to an end on Thursday as its last renewal expired, the ruling military said, vowing to continue to "protect" the nation. ... more |
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Trump's 'Golden Dome' US missile defense plan faces major challenges
Iran lawmakers ratify partnership treaty with Russia
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  Google tips China searchers to hot-button terms Google on Thursday tuned its search engine in mainland China to tip people off when they try to use characters that evidently prompt censors to derail queries. ... more | .. |
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 Democratic reform irreversible in China: Chen Chen Guangcheng, the blind Chinese activist whose flight to the US embassy in Beijing sparked a major diplomatic incident, said Thursday that democratic change in China is slow, but irreversible. ... more | .. |
 Ex-Macau minister jailed for corruption Macau's highest court sentenced a former minister to 29 years in jail on Thursday over a multi-million-dollar corruption scandal involving the biggest graft investigation in the gaming hub's history. ... more | .. |
 China clampdown ahead of Tiananmen anniversary Chinese police began clamping down on dissent and activists kicked off their annual campaigns Thursday ahead of the 23rd anniversary of the brutal crackdown on the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. ... more |
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Do photons wear out? An astrophysicist explains light's ability to travel vast cosmic distances without losing energy
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 New theory addresses frozen Earth paradox A U.S. scientist says he has a theory why a much fainter sun 2 billion years ago didn't leave a frozen Earth unfit to develop the kind of life we see today. ... more | .. |
 China detains hundreds in Tibet capital: report Hundreds of people have been detained in Lhasa after two men set themselves on fire in the Tibetan regional capital, a US-based broadcaster said, as a young mother became the latest Tibetan to self-immolate. ... more | .. |
 Australia and China eye joint farming plan Australia is seeking Chinese investment to develop farming land in its sprawling north in a joint bid to boost food security for the Asian giant's 1.3 billion citizens, reports said Thursday. ... more | .. |
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 Tobacco plants advertise their defensive readiness to attacking leafhoppers Empoasca sp. is not a typical pest of wild tobacco (Nicotiana attenuata). When this plant grows in its natural habitats in North America, however, it is attacked by tobacco hornworm larvae (Manduca ... more |
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