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How sloppiness in plants speeds up evolution and creates new species

Evolution's Fast Track

01.11.2003
Evolution and Development, Genetics, Plants and Agriculture
How sloppiness in plants speeds up evolution and creates new species.  
Dr. Einat Aharonov

Earth's Innermost Secrets

01.11.2003
Space & Physics, Environment, Math & Computer Science
Computer models can provide a better understanding of water and lava flow within the earth  
Higher Yields, Lower Pollution

Higher Yields, Lower Pollution

01.10.2003
Biochemistry, Environment, Plants and Agriculture
A common soil microorganism is helping "fight fungus with fungus"
Prof. Dan Yakir. On carbon dioxide's trail

Greenhouse Gas Might Green Up the Desert

01.10.2003
Environment, Climate
Insights into the "riddle of the missing carbon dioxide"
Illustration: plants In Sync with the Sun

In Sync with the Sun

01.10.2003
Biochemistry, Plants and Agriculture
A plant biological clock is set to peak early in the day, before the strongest sunlight hits
Prof. Dan Yakir

Greenhouse Gas Might Green Up the Desert

12.05.2003
Environment, Plants and Agriculture
Weizmann Institute study suggests that rising carbon dioxide levels might cause forests to spread into dry environments    
Bring On the Rain

Bring On the Rain

01.05.2003
Space & Physics, Climate
A new formula for predicting rain factors in whirling droplets
Deinococcus radiodurans

Lord of the Ring

01.05.2003
Space & Physics, Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Plants and Agriculture, Organic Chemistry, Structural Biology
What gives a bacterium the ability to withstand 3000 times more radiation than humans?
For the Love of Wheat

For the Love of Wheat

01.05.2003
Plants and Agriculture
Three generations of scientists united by a fascination with wheat
Sling Effect in Clouds Brings on the Rain

Sling Effect in Clouds Brings on the Rain

30.10.2002
Climate, Mathematics
New formula developed by Weizmann Institute physicists may improve rain prediction Weizmann Institute physicists have revealed that turbulence in...

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