Biology News

Fighting to save the 'Tree of Life' Wednesday, September 15, 2010 - 23:00
Disease called Lethal Decline, caused by phytoplasma bacteria, affects coconut palms in the tropical and coastal regions of Africa in recent decades, causing environmental damage
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Experts develop a simpler mathematical model for reproducing bacterial growth patterns Tuesday, September 14, 2010 - 23:00
bacterial growth is based on the combined evolution of bacterial density and chemical stimulants and requires up to ten parameters to be adjusted
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Biofuel from inedible plant material easier to produce Monday, September 13, 2010 - 23:00
identified and studied the genes for two enzymes that toughen wood, straw and stalks and so make it difficult to extract sugars to make bioethanol or other plant-derived products
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Fertilizer Chemicals Linked To Animal Developmental Woes Monday, September 13, 2010 - 23:00
Fertilizer chemicals may pose a bigger hazard to the environment - specifically to creatures that live in water - than originally foreseen
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Growing Roundup-resistant weed problem must be dealt with, expert says Monday, September 13, 2010 - 23:00
The growing problem with weeds that have become resistant to the most common herbicide used by American corn, soybean and cotton farmers has gotten so serious that new strategies are needed to combat
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Scientists Develop New Picture of How Bacteria Fend Off Invaders Sunday, September 12, 2010 - 23:00
Bacteria long ago developed an adaptive immune system to protect themselves by silencing foreign genes introduced by viruses or other bacteria
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Extending the map of human genetic variation Sunday, September 12, 2010 - 23:00
HapMap3 represents the next chapter of the International HapMap Project, spanning 11 global populations.The HapMap Project gets its name from the word haplotype, which refers to blocks of genetic
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History of 'cuckoo bees' needs a rewrite, study reports Sunday, September 12, 2010 - 23:00
The evolutionary history of the bee family Apidae -- which has the largest number of species and includes honeybees -- may need a major revision, according to a new Cornell study published online in
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