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Displaying items by tag: Plants

Research collaboration led by the University of Western Australia has created a new technique that speeds up the development of seeds, producing better quality and more abundant pulse crops.

Published in Climate
Tuesday, 12 November 2013 15:14

Flower Power connects your plants to your phone

The team behind the AR.Drone quadricopter, French tech company Parrot, has announced the release of a wireless iOS plant monitor in Australia.

Published in Mobility
Scientists at the University of Haifa, Israel, have studied a desert rhubarb that uses specifically evolved leaves to direct rainwater to its roots. It provides 16 times more water than other plants in the arid region.

Published in Biology
Wednesday, 01 April 2009 20:47

U.S. chemists convert algae into biodiesel fuel

The American Chemical Society is reporting that chemists have for the first time used an "economical, eco-friendly process" to convert algae oil into biodiesel fuel. The U.S. researchers say it could someday free the United States of its dependence on domestic and foreign petroleum-based products.

Published in Energy
A CSIRO report states that climate change in Australia will wake up  numerous species of sleeper weeds, which will only add to the over $4 billion per year that it costs to control weeds, not to mention the adverse problems it causes to the environment.

Published in Climate
According to a long-duration U.S./U.K. study of an English grassland, the least productive grasslands in the world are likely to be the most resistant to major changes to the climate while, at the time, provide a much needed “sanctuary” to native plants and animals.

Published in Climate

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