News articles tagged with 'leaf'
Artificial leaf could debut new era of 'fast-food energy'
— 2 Dec 2011 09:41 | ChemistryTechnology for making an 'artificial leaf' holds the potential for opening an era of 'fast-food energy,' in which people generate their own electricity at home with low-cost equipment…
Technique allows researchers to identify key maize genes for increased yield
— 12 Jan 2011 17:10 | BiologyScientists have identified the genes related to leaf angle in corn (maize) - a key trait for planting crops closer together, which has led to an eight-fold increase in yield since the…
Fossil reveals 48-million-year history of zombie ants
— 18 Aug 2010 17:06 | Geology and palaeontologyA 48-million-year-old fossilised leaf has revealed the oldest known evidence of a macabre part of nature - parasites taking control of their hosts to turn them into zombies…
Leaves whisper their properties through ultrasound
— 4 Feb 2010 10:32 | BiologyThe water content of leaves, their thickness, their density and other properties can now be determined without even having to touch them. A team of researchers from the CSIC Institute…
Can a drop of water cause sunburn or fire?
— 11 Jan 2010 16:52 | BiologyTo the gardening world it may have always been considered a fact, but science has never proved the widely held belief that watering your garden in the midday sun can lead to burnt plants.…
The cause behind the characteristic shape of a long leaf revealed
— 24 Nov 2009 11:15 | BiologyApplied mathematicians dissected the morphology of the plantain lily (Hosta lancifolia), a characteristic long leaf with a saddle-like arc midsection and closely packed ripples along…
The lotus's clever way of staying dry
— 26 Oct 2009 16:19 | BiologyAn ancient Confucian philosopher once said, 'I love the lotus because while growing from mud, it is unstained.' Now, almost one thousand years since Zhou Dunyi wrote these lines in…
Food security for leaf-cutting ants: Workers and their fungus garden reject endophyte invaders
— 3 Apr 2009 11:30 | BiologyNew diseases directly affect human survival and food security, especially as population density climbs. Leaf-cutting ants, one of a few groups of social insects to cultivate crops,…
Study explores effects of herbicide drift on white oak
— 26 Mar 2009 13:14 | EnvironmentHerbicide drift, which occurs when pesticides 'drift' from the targeted application area to a nearby non-targeted area, is a particular concern in Midwestern regions of the United States.…
Satellite spies on tree-eating bugs
— 10 Mar 2009 15:30 | EnvironmentMore than 150 years after a small Eurasian tree named tamarisk or saltcedar started taking over river banks throughout the U.S. Southwest, saltcedar leaf beetles were unleashed to defoliate…