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04/16/2021
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By Virgilio Marin
Asteroid that wiped out dinosaurs may have created the Amazon rainforest, study suggests
A new study suggests that the asteroid that wiped out dinosaurs likely gave rise to the Amazon rainforest in South America. Published April 1 in the journal Science, the study also posits that the same asteroid created all of the Americas’ tropical rainforests. Around 66 million years ago, a seven-mile-wide meteor struck what is now the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. Named the Chicxulub […]
04/09/2021
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By Virgilio Marin
Back off, bugs: Sweet potato cultivars use a specific odor to warn other plants of herbivores
A variety of sweet potato emits a specific odor that not only deters incoming pests – it also alerts neighboring plants of its kind to the presence of a threat. That’s according to researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology (MPICE) in Germany and National Taiwan University, who examined a sweet potato cultivar called Tainong 57, […]
03/19/2021
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By Divina Ramirez
Ants found to protect plants from disease by leaking “antibiotic” chemicals
While some gardeners regard ants as pests, new research shows that the small workers can help protect crops from at least 14 different plant diseases. Published in Oikos, it revealed that ants help reduce the bacterial load and increase the germination rate of plants. The ants themselves have colonies of bacteria on their legs and thoraxes […]
03/17/2021
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By Michael Alexander
Researchers grow crops on NASA soil simulant, suggesting that the same can be done on Mars and the Moon
It may seem like something out of a science fiction novel, but growing food in space is one step closer to becoming a reality, a group of scientists has said. As reported in the journal Open Agriculture, researchers from Wageningen University and Research in the Netherlands have managed to identify vegetables and other crops that can […]
11/09/2020
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By Virgilio Marin
MOON HARVEST: Researchers successfully harvest crops from Mars and Moon soil simulants developed by NASA
A study published in the journal Open Agriculture suggests that Mars and the moon may be able to support crops and yield viable seeds. Researchers from Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands have successfully grown and harvested crops from Mars and moon soil simulants. These soil simulants were developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and […]
10/06/2020
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By Divina Ramirez
Report: Two-fifths of all plant species face extinction
Plants and fungi are crucial to sustaining life, providing food, medicine and biofuel. But around 40 percent or two-fifths of all plant species worldwide, including those first identified in 2019, could be facing extinction, according to a recent report from London’s Kew Gardens. The latest assessment, State of the World’s Plants and Fungi, draws upon the expertise […]
09/07/2020
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By Divina Ramirez
Plants can sense, think and communicate, says Italian scientist
Talking to plants is neither an uncommon habit among gardeners and plant enthusiasts, nor is it a modern notion. Strange as it might sound or appear to an onlooker, people talk to their plants for a host of reasons. Some do it as a form of social interaction. Others might talk to their ailing plants […]
08/27/2020
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By Divina Ramirez
An unspoken cooperation: Researchers find that Japanese trees nationwide synchronize their pollen release
Pollen can be a problem during the spring and summer months in some countries around the globe. In people suffering from allergic rhinitis, the presence of pollen can trigger uncontrollable sneezing, raise the pressure in their nose and cheeks and induce rashes. In a recent breakthrough, a team of Japanese researchers used tree pollen data collected […]
08/04/2020
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By Divina Ramirez
The future of algal-biofuels: Study reveals how alga called diatoms harness solar energy for photosynthesis
Scientists from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (RU) have exposed the mechanisms behind photosynthesis in diatoms, a major group of algae found in the oceans that produce 20 percent of the Earth’s oxygen. Their groundbreaking results, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, demonstrated that diatoms harness light using an active set of […]
07/23/2020
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By Divina Ramirez
Trees talk to each other – science explains how
It turns out, “talking trees” exist beyond science fiction, says actual science. The idea of trees talking – and humans understanding them – is a hot topic in environmental science. But for Suzanne Simard, a biologist and a pioneer of inter-plant communication research from the University of British Columbia, the idea that trees talk isn’t up for debate. In her 1997 […]
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