News articles tagged with 'plant'
K-State researchers studying link between climate change and cattle nutritional stress
— 17 Nov 2009 14:44 | HealthKansas State University's Joseph Craine, research assistant professor in the Division of Biology, and KC Olson, associate professor in animal sciences and industry, have teamed up with... — full story
Protecting the future: How plant stem cells guard against genetic damage
— 17 Nov 2009 14:14 | BiologyScientists at the John Innes Centre in Norwich, UK, have shown how plants can protect themselves against genetic damage caused by environmental stresses. The growing tips of plant roots... — full story
Plants prefer their kin, but crowd out competition when sharing a pot with strangers
— 17 Nov 2009 14:04 | BiologyPlants don't mind sharing space with their kin but when they're potted with strangers of the same species they start invigorating their leaves, a study by McMaster University reveals... — full story
Exploration by explosion: Studying the inner realm of living cells
— 12 Nov 2009 08:12 | BiologyScientists in Washington, DC, are reporting development and successful tests of a new way for exploring the insides of living cells, the microscopic building blocks of all known plants... — full story
Iowa State University researcher discovers key to vital DNA, protein interaction
— 11 Nov 2009 13:18 | HealthA researcher at Iowa State University has discovered how a group of proteins from plant pathogenic bacteria interact with DNA in the plant cell, opening up the possibility for what... — full story
Drought resistance explained
— 9 Nov 2009 16:11 | BiologyMuch as adrenaline coursing through our veins drives our body's reactions to stress, the plant hormone abscisic acid (ABA) is behind plants' responses to stressful situations such as... — full story
Ants are friendly to some trees, but not others
— 8 Nov 2009 12:48 | BiologyTree-dwelling ants generally live in harmony with their arboreal hosts. But new research suggests that when they run out of space in their trees of choice, the ants can get destructive... — full story
Pathogen protection and virulence: Dark side of fungal membrane protein revealed
— 8 Nov 2009 12:18 | BiologyResearchers at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) at Virginia Tech and Montana State University have discovered a fungal protein that plays a key role in causing disease in... — full story
DNA molecules in moss open door to new biotechnology
— 8 Nov 2009 11:23 | BiologyPlasmids, which are DNA molecules capable of independent replication in cells, have played an important role in gene technology. Researchers from Uppsala University in Sweden have now... — full story
Study reveals how plants and bacteria 'talk' to thwart disease
— 6 Nov 2009 12:31 | BiologyWhen it comes to plants' innate immunity, like many of the dances of life, it takes two to tango. A receptor molecule in the plant pairs up with a specific molecule on the invading... — full story