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Serving virtual reality Raspberry Pi to flies

July 15, 2020
News
The Raspberry Pi Virtual Reality system (PiVR) is a versatile tool for presenting virtual reality environments to small, freely moving animals (such as flies and fish larvae), according to a...
Life Sciences
Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Botany, Developmental Biology, Zoology
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UK food safety company partners cannabis producer

August 5, 2019
News
Scottish food safety company R-Biopharm Rhône will supply its test kits to an unnamed Canadian cannabis producer with the aim to help eradicate carcinogenic toxins in cannabis-based products.
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Botany, Chemistry, Drug Discovery, Food & Bev, Food & Beverage, Food and Drink, Food Science, Health/Diagnostics, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Organic Chemistry, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Policy
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Joshua tree faces extinction

July 17, 2019
News
Climate change could be responsible for the near extinction of Joshua trees by the end of this century.
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biology, Botany, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment
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Climate change boosts banana disease

May 10, 2019
News
Climate change has been found to raise the risk of a fungal disease in banana crops. The University of Exeter found that higher temperatures and an increase in atmospheric moisture...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Botany, Microbiology
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Chlorophyll-producing organism is non-photosynthetic

April 9, 2019
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Biologists have identified the first organism that can produce chlorophyll but does not engage in photosynthesis.The organism, which has been informally named corallicolid, is found in 70% of corals globally....
Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Botany, Energy, Microbiology
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Evolved herbicide resistance driven by chemical usage

March 19, 2018
News
Scientists from the University of Sheffield have identified factors which are driving the evolution of herbicide resistance in crops – something which could also have an impact on medicine as...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Botany
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Bees feeling blue for flowers

December 6, 2017
News
Researchers from the University of Cambridge have discovered that flowers have nanoscale ridges that create a ‘blue halo’, when viewed at certain angles, that attract bees.
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Botany, Zoology
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Renewable energy branches out

December 4, 2017
News
A team from the US have found a way to convert one of the World’s most abundant polymer – lignin –into a renewable biomass source.
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Botany, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Energy, Environmental Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry
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Tree death causation revealed

August 31, 2017
News
A cohort of scientists from the National Science Foundation in the US, have revealed how trees die during periods of drought.
Life Sciences
Botany
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Climate change affects forestry growth

April 27, 2016
News
A link between tree growth and climate change has been established by Russian and Spanish scientists.
Life Sciences
Botany
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