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11-06-2018
Medieval people may have used fern leaves to treat colds and dandruff
The analysis of a skeleton from the 9th century suggests...
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11-05-2018
Heat stress triggers cellular changes in plants
A new study has found that hot temperatures may trigger...
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11-05-2018
Is the midwest’s booming corn production sustainable?
Corn production in the midwestern United States has been booming...
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11-03-2018
Root bacteria is critical in protecting the health of plants
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research...
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11-02-2018
Sequencing the DNA of every living creature to protect biodiversity
A new project called the Earth BioGenome Project (EBP) has...
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11-02-2018
Some of the most endangered plants aren’t eligible for seed banking
The Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC) target of conserving...
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11-02-2018
Plants and power: The importance of rubber and sugar
When we think of important resources, especially natural resources, we...
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10-30-2018
What is it about baobab trees that makes them so captivating?
Few trees inhabit the human imagination quite as the baobabs...
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10-30-2018
Climate change could devastate most productive kelp ecosystems
Aquatic kelp forests are considered to be some of the...
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10-29-2018
Tobacco was part of Native American culture long before Europeans
Researchers at Washington State University recently made a discovery that...
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10-29-2018
Plants are storing more carbon thanks to nighttime activity
A new discovery at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley...
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10-28-2018
Farmers first grew cacao tree 3,600 years ago
The ancient residents of Central America knew how to prioritize....
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