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Food scientists are examining the genes for drought tolerance traits in several native Andean potato landraces.
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Flowering plant pollination systems are clever devices for attracting pollinators like birds, ants, and insects, but there are also mechanisms for keeping out unwanted pollen.
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The revolution in genomics has made it possible to study the numerous pathways and regulatory networks-systems--that operate to produce a desirable fruit.
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Domesticated tomatoes can be up to 1000 times larger than their wild relatives. How did they get so big?
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Everyday, Scientist Live turns its eyes to the Web around it and highlights news and research across the Internet. Tuesday's spotlight studies offer new findings in epidemic monitoring.
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Dr. Silvia Uliana and her colleagues found that Tamoxifen, a drug used to fight breast cancer, offers effective treatment of Leishmaniasis at decidedly less physical cost to the patient.
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At the core of TIGA, an imaging robot scans the tissue slices and displays them on the monitor for researchers at ultra high resolution and in various planes.
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Recent research suggests that while we may enjoy weekends, they prove detrimental to weight loss regiments. Saturdays are the worst.
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Researchers investigate the potential of an innovative soil water simulation model to improve crop management.
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Numerous studies over the past four decades have established that pesticides can move downward through the unsaturated zone to reach the water table at detectable concentrations.
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As if lung cancer, shortness of breath, bad breath, bad teeth, and infertility aren't enough, researchers add back pain to smoking's lengthy list of side effects.
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Researchers at Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands have developed a technique for generating atom clusters made from silver and other metals.
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Recipe to recover more quickly from exercise: Finish workout, eat pasta, and wash down with five or six cups of strong coffee.
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In a follow-up to research showing that psilocybin produces substantial spiritual effects, a Johns Hopkins team reports that those beneficial effects appear to last more than a year.
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Researchers are exploring dried distillers grains with solubles as a means of deterring weed growth on potted ornamentals.
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Chemists have been able to design synthetic molecules able to mimic the activity of naturally occurring enzymes - a significant advance.
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Researchers have found that quantum dot nanoparticles can penetrate the skin if there is an abrasion, providing insight into potential workplace concerns.
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Scientists have shown that biological indicators for diseases caused or influenced by environmental factors can be detected by the systemic analysis of the body's metabolism.
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Most of the functions performed by a cell are the result of interactions between proteins, which recognise their binding partner by affinity features localised on the protein surface.
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Monash University scientists have started clinical trials to find a successful vaccine against footrot in sheep that will span three years.
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