She leads an annual Study Abroad experience to explore plant life and their uses within cultures. Her current Study Abroad is to Peru where students travel the country, visit rainforests and ...

Surely you remember Colin Furze.You know, creator of scooters with flamethrowers, a 25-seat motorcycle, a massive wooden wall of death fashioned from old pallets and the world's fastest stroller ...

Plant biotechnology can be defined as the introduction of desirable traits into plants through genetic modification. Coating RNA- or DNA-loaded layered double hydroxide nanosheets with lysozyme ...

Cuticular wax is the outermost hydrophobic barrier between plants and their environment. The ratio of wax components changes through the core shunt mechanism of the alkane-forming and alcohol ...

If you’re a female moth, finding the best plant to host your young may be as simple as taking a close listen. When low on water, some plants make high-pitched clicking noises, inaudible to humans.

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Jan. 2, 2025 — Engineers showed that some types of soil bacteria can influence a plant's balance of growth and defense. The bacteria produce an enzyme that can lower a plant's immune activity ...

Jan. 2, 2025 — Biologists have revealed genetics behind the alternating sexes of walnut trees. The research reveals a mechanism that has been stable in walnuts and their ancestors going back 40 ...

Leon Furze, a former teacher who now works as a consultant focusing on generative AI in education, was also wary about personalization. "AI is touted as a solution to personalized learning ...

The crib is the focal point and the why of the celebrations. It’s where heaven and earth meet and where rich and poor, ...

Jump up me lads and give us a treat.” This comes from a song that would have been sung on Wren’s Day by Wrenboys, or Mummers. By the way, “furze” is another word for gorse, a yellow-flowered evergreen ...

Uisce Éireann crews delivered the warning as outdoor crews scramble to return homes and businesses in Slane, Stackallan, Yellow Furze and Dowth ... water treatment plant, Uisce Éireann has ...