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Scientists identify key genes for increasing oil content in plant leaves
Accumulating oil in leaves could significantly increase energy content of biofuels and plant-based foods.
October 18, 2013
Comet ISON appears intact
It looks like reports of Comet ISON’s demise were greatly exaggerated.
October 17, 2013
Without plants, Earth would cook under billions of tons of additional carbon
Enhanced growth of Earth's leafy greens during the 20th century has significantly slowed the planet's transition to being red-hot, says a new study.
October 17, 2013
World’s first mapping of rare plants in the Americas
California, Mexico, the Caribbean islands, parts of the Andes, the south of South America, and the region around Rio de Janeiro have many rare species.
October 17, 2013
Giant fragment of Chelyabinsk meteorite lifted from Russian lake
On October 15, a giant fragment of the meteorite that hit Russia on February 15 was lifted from the bottom of Lake Chebarkul in the Russian Urals Mountains.
October 16, 2013
Lightning strikes causing rocks to explode help shape mountains
Scientists thought cold temperatures caused the angular rock formations in South African mountain landscapes. But mountains may be less stable than we knew.
October 16, 2013
Method of recording brain activity could lead to mind-reading devices, scientists say
“We’re now able to eavesdrop on the brain in real life,” said Josef Parvizi, the study's senior author.
October 15, 2013
Illinois river otters still exposed to chemicals banned decades ago
Researchers report that river otters in Central Illinois are being exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and pesticides that were banned in the U.S. in the 1970s and ’80s.
October 15, 2013
New idea for how Earth’s core formed
An iron melt network helped grow Earth's core, a Stanford study suggests
October 14, 2013
Signs of water detected in exoplanet’s debris
The remains of a water-rich rocky exoplanet have been discovered outside our solar system orbiting a white dwarf star 170 light years away.
October 14, 2013
