Posts Tagged ‘hybrid’
Hybrid grapefruit safe for prescription meds
U. FLORIDA (US) — A new citrus hybrid may make it possible for people taking certain medications to add the taste of grapefruit back into their diets without the risk of complications. Continue…
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 11:34 - 3 Comments
Science & Technology - May 18, 2011 17:02 - 1 Comment
Seed mixtures snarl pest control
U. ILLINOIS (US) — Increasing the use of seed mixtures in insecticidal corn is expected to increase risk and make pest monitoring more difficult. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 10, 2011 12:18 - 3 Comments
Fickle flowers use color to choose
DUKE (US) — Plants use color to discourage butterflies from mingling their pollen, according to new research. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 24, 2010 9:42 - 0 Comments
Listen up! How to grow better corn
IOWA STATE (US) — When researchers re-sequenced six elite inbred corn lines, they found more than 100 genes present in some lines, but not in others. (more…)
Society & Culture - Apr 14, 2010 15:29 - 43 Comments
Biracial faces voted most beautiful
CARDIFF (UK)—People of mixed race are perceived as being more attractive than non-mixed-race people, according to the largest study of its kind published in the journal Perception. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Mar 25, 2010 11:11 - 0 Comments
Tax loophole for ‘well-tuned’ oysters
USC (US)—In physical, as in financial growth, it’s not what you make but what you keep that counts. That’s true of oysters and other slow-growing animals that appear to waste energy in two specific ways: They make too much of some protein building blocks and expend energy disposing of the excess. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Nov 2, 2009 11:35 - 0 Comments
Beetles point to habitat’s role in biodiversity
VANDERBILT (US)—Tiny leaf beetles that flit among the maple and willow trees in a Vermont town have provided some of the clearest evidence yet that environmental factors play a major role in the formation of new species. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 17, 2009 11:11 - 0 Comments
Crab shell ‘fabric’ patches damaged nerves
U. WASHINGTON (US)—Mixing natural and synthetic fibers is nothing new, but researchers at the University of Washington are applying that principle in a novel way. They have created a new biomedical material by combining a substance derived from crab shells with an industrial polyester. (more…)
