Plants defy Mendel's inheritance laws, may prompt textbook changes
...c world has accepted for more than 100 years, some plants revert to normal traits carried by their grandpare...ities carried by both parents. These mutant parent plants apparently have hidden templates containing genetic information from the preceding generation that c...Antibodies from plants protect against anthrax
...n purified from leaves harvested from the infected plants and tested for their ability to protect mice against anthrax infection. The plant-produced antibodies were just as effective as the antibodies produced by human cells from immunized individuals. The antibodies can be used either before exposure t...Winners of Tyler Environmental prize announced
...g demonstrated, was due to photosynthesis by green plants in the northern hemisphere. He then showed that the rise in carbon dioxide has been caused by the increasing worldwide combustion of fossil fuels coal, gas and oil. "Dr. Keeling is one of that handful of scientists whose work has brought about a c...Scientists identify genetic pathways essential to RNA interference
...werful new research tool for inactivating genes in plants or animals. They used the RNAi process itself to ...ng down gene expression. RNAi occurs naturally in plants and animals and may help control resistance to viral infection, among other functions. For the curr...Introduced foxes transformed vegetation on Aleutian Islands from lush grasslands to tundra
...d foxes, it's very easy to walk around because the plants don't grow much higher than your ankles. But on the other islands, it's hard work just to get through the vegetation. It was exhausting just trying to get around on those islands," he said. The researchers found that the density of breeding seabirds ...Plant hemoglobins: Oxygen handlers critical for nitrogen fixation
...ration in animals. Hemoglobins are also present in plants and bacteria, but until now the physiological role of plant hemoglobins has been unclear. A group of researchers reveal this week that one such mysterious plant hemoglobin serves to assist in the fixation of nitrogen in the root nodules of legumes th...'You can't buy conservation,' suggests survey of Africa's rain forest parks
.... "Monitoring programs should include not only the plants and animals, but also the impact of humans on the park and the attitudes of people toward the park. It is only through such monitoring programs that one can objectively evaluate the success of the park and the various management strategies being empl...Poplar trees redirect resources in response to simulated attack
...es new insights on a long-debated theory about how plants respond to environmental stress, and shows that ra...ack biochemical and physiological processes within plants using these powerful imaging tools," said Richard Ferrieri, who leads Brookhaven's role in the resea...Components in grapes inhibit enzyme key to proliferation of cancer cells
...the grape-cell cultures they tested from red-grape plants specifically bred for their pigmentation and provided by Cornell University researchers. Using vegetative samples of the plants, rather than the fruit itself, the Illinois team was able to quickly produce the whole range of grape flavonoids in greate...DFG awards 2005 Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize
...rchers are analysing the development and growth of plants under the influence of PIN proteins. Dr. Natalija Novak (33), Department of Dermatology, University of Bonn Natalija Novak is interested in allergens and ways of improving allergy therapies. In the research laboratory at the Bonn Polyclinic for Der......shments. Through the photosynthetic process, green plants and cyanobacteria are able to transfer energy from sunlight and initiate its conversion into chemical energy with an efficiency of nearly 100-percent. If we can learn to emulate Nature's technique and create artificial versions of photosynthesis, th...Unique library of plant genes germinates, takes root at UNC
.... Answers to those kinds of questions will lead to plants that yield more food and resist damage from diseas...w the complete genetic makeup of only a handful of plants although humans are economically dependent on dozens of different ones, he said. It would be far too...Scientists find viruses can't stick to sea bugs in the dark
... survival of life on earth as the oxygen producing plants are on land. But marine bacteria are attacked by v...gen, in exactly the same way as the photosynthetic plants and forests on land act as the other part of the planet's lungs. But the whole delicate balance of t...'Second messenger' NAADP shows fast, dose-related impact on satiety cycle
...e phosphate (NAADP), which is active in cells from plants to humans. NAADP is thought to be a so-called "second messenger," because it works from inside cells, rather than externally. However its mode operation remains unknown and controversial in several aspects. Results of a new study "establishes NAADP ...Radar tracking reveals that butterflies follow decisive flight paths
...ortant pollinators, providing a crucial service to plants in many ecosystems. This research will help us to understand a little more about how they survive in a countryside that is becoming more and more fragmented."...National Academies news: Spent nuclear fuel storage
...e been instituted at U.S. commercial nuclear power plants since the events of Sept. 11, 2001. On several im...hat could be implemented immediately at vulnerable plants to greatly reduce the risks." The committee found that an attack which partially or completely drain...Butterfly migration could be largest known
...n southern California has created a bumper crop of plants for the caterpillars to eat, fuelling a population boom, Shapiro said. The butterflies take about three days to reach the Central Valley, and the current generation will fly as far as southern Oregon. Their offspring will fly on to reach British Colu...Low oxygen likely made 'Great Dying' worse, greatly delayed recovery
... all marine life and nearly three-quarters of land plants and animals. Ward said paleontologists had previously assumed that Pangea was not just a supercontinent but also a "superhighway" on which species would have encountered few roadblocks while moving from one place to another. However, it appears the...Wind turbine to stir up renewable energy research
...ethanol industry is now a national leader, with 14 plants producing 300 million gallons of ethanol a year and annual sales running at $380 million. "Our belief is that the renewable energy research and education we are doing now will deliver a great benefit to Minnesota," said Cuomo. "Renewable energy is p......rovides insight into interactions involving inbred plants and insect herbivores Inbreeding is generally see...of inbred and non-inbred entire-leaf morning glory plants to various insects. The outbred, or cross-pollinated plants, were more resistant to generalized ins...