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Why are plants green?

A research team’s model to explain photosynthesis lays out the next challenging phase of research on how green plants transform light energy into chemical energy

Isabel27/07/2020

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Scientists Reconstruct Spring Hydroclimate on South-central Tibetan Plateau by Living and Dead Alpine Juniper Shrubs

Alpine regions on the Tibetan Plateau are sensitive to climate change, however, little is known about their long-term hydroclimate variability due to short instrumental records. A research team established a 537-year standard shrub-ring chronology by cross-dating living and dead Wilson…

Isabel24/07/2020

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Protecting natural forest in oil palm plantations crucial for carbon storage and species conservation, study finds

Forest conservation areas in oil palm plantations play a vital role in storing carbon and boosting rainforest biodiversity, a new study on palm oil agriculture in Borneo has revealed.

Isabel22/07/2020

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Biologists unravel tangled mystery of plant cell growth

When cells don’t divide into proper copies of themselves, living things fail to grow as they should. For the first time, scientists now understand how a protein called TANGLED1 can lead to accurate cell division in plants.

Isabel21/07/2020

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Study finds ‘dark matter’ DNA is vital for rice reproduction

Researchers have shed light on the reproductive role of ‘dark matter’ DNA – non-coding DNA sequences that previously seemed to have no function.

Isabel20/07/2020

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Why are plants green?

Scientists Reconstruct Spring Hydroclimate on South-central Tibetan Plateau by Living and Dead Alpine Juniper Shrubs

Protecting natural forest in oil palm plantations crucial for carbon storage and species conservation, study finds

Biologists unravel tangled mystery of plant cell growth

Study finds ‘dark matter’ DNA is vital for rice reproduction

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