Scientists have explored a new way of knowing, how genes work in rice. Plant biologist Blake Meyers at the University of Delaware and colleagues have developed a large dataset of gene sequences in rice!
This information will help understand the…
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Scientists have yet once again spotted a new species among the reefs of the South Atlantic Ocean’s Abrolhos region. Initially, the new species was mistaken as a popular game fish — a dog snapper.
The new study that spotted it reveals that the new…
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To bind carbon reduction targets legally, the UK Government announced the capping of carbon dioxide emission by supermarkets, hotels, councils and universities within five years.
So, if you are a business or public body, and want to use more power…
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Very soon, the conditions deep in the sea and wildlife there can be monitored 24 hours a day! This will be done with the help of an undersea observatory being made in California’s Monterey Bay, according to officials.
It is all happening about…
How did humans move from South-East Asia to the Pacific thousands of years ago? Scientists are piecing together the records of the movement ‘ thanks to the ancient pig remains from the Flores hobbit cave.
Based on the age-old belief that humans…
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Economic prosperity and careful forest management had positive effects, according to the Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organization.
Though the U.N. agency confirms on Tuesday that the United States and much of Europe have managed to…
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The winter cyclones are picking up arms to build their added punches. The tiny aerosols and soot being picked up from burning wood and coal by the cyclones appear to be seeding clouds in large winter storms capable of churning thousands of miles east.
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The British Meditterranean Airways, a Londan-based company, has operated several empty flights between the Heathrow airport and Cardiff since some months. Not a single ticket was sold, the arrivals and departures were not announced and the airport…
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The winter months have apparently killed and washed ashore more than 25 dolphins. These dead dolphins were found on the Texas coast over the last two weeks, according to a rescue group. Among these dolphins are some, who were very young with…
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Recent report of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on the climatic changes has set the alarm bells ringing round the world. The catastrophic consequences of sudden changes in the earth’s temperature only point towards famines, hunger…
Disastrous effects of global warming: IPCC report brings forth the changing perspective Read More »