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March 20, 2014

Nectar: A sweet reward from plants to attract pollinators
Stanford CA (SPX) Mar 17, 2014
Evolution is based on diversity, and sexual reproduction is key to creating a diverse population that secures competitiveness in nature. Plants had to solve a problem: they needed to find ways to spread their genetic material. Flying pollinators-insects, birds, and bats-were nature's solution. Charles Darwin's "abominable mystery" highlighted the coincidence of flowering plant and insect diversification about 120 million years ago and ascribed it to the coordinated specialization of flowers and in ... read more

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Indian farmers take their lives after freak hailstorms A string of farmers have committed suicide in western India after freak hailstorms and rains destroyed winter crops worth millions of dollars, activists and politicians said Wednesday. ... more		Global problem of fisheries bycatch needs global solutions Whenever fishing vessels harvest fish, other animals can be accidentally caught or entangled in fishing gear as bycatch. Numerous strategies exist to prevent bycatch, but data have been lacking on t ... more		Crop intensification as a long-term solution to African food shortages Farmers in Africa can increase their food production if they avoid over dependence on chemical fertilizers, pesticides and practice agricultural intensification - growing more food on the same amoun ... more
				Incentives needed to improve grain markets in India Even after the agricultural reforms of 2002-03, for wheat, rice, and pearl millet farmers in India, grain markets are still pretty sticky. Two University of Illinois economists analyzed infrastructu ... more		Bionic plants Plants have many valuable functions: They provide food and fuel, release the oxygen that we breathe, and add beauty to our surroundings. Now, a team of MIT researchers wants to make plants even more ... more

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Geographers create 'easy button' to calculate river flows from space The frustrated attempts of a UCLA graduate student to quantify the amount of water draining from Greenland's melting ice sheet led him to devise a new way to measure river flows from outer space, he ... more		Global food trade can alleviate water scarcity International trade of food crops led to freshwater savings worth 2.4 billion US-Dollars in 2005 and had a major impact on local water stress. This is shown in a new study by the Potsdam Institute f ... more		AALTO plans Zephyr stratospheric hub in northern Australia and seeks local payload partners Ancient guano drove Chincha coastal power UAH lands first DARPA award for biological sciences department		New bioinsecticide can help control banana plantation pest The Chrysodeixis chalcites moth is regarded as one of the most serious pests in horticultural, ornamental and fruit crops. Its caterpillars feed on many plant species, including banana plants, and o ... more
				Climate change will reduce crop yields sooner than we thought A study led by the University of Leeds has shown that global warming of only 2 C will be detrimental to crops in temperate and tropical regions, with reduced yields from the 2030s onwards. Pro ... more		EU readying invasive alien species hit-list Killer slugs, Asian ladybirds and American muskrats will all be blacklisted under plans drawn up by Brussels to stop "invasive" species from threatening European wildlife, an EU source said on Tuesday. ... more

Developing the Next-Generation Military Radar while Maintaining Current Systems; IDGA�s Military Radar Summit - April 2014

International Conference on Protection of Materials and Structures From Space Environment

Nuclear Supply Chain Summit - April 28-29 Greenville SC

Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison & Memory Foam Mattress Review

Number of Days Without Rain to Dramatically Increase in Some World Regions By the end of the 21st century, some parts of the world can expect as many as 30 more days a year without precipitation, according to a new study by Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego ... more		Declining ocean health threatens food security We must protect our ocean or risk significant impact on global food security stated The Global Ocean Commission, an independent international panel of global leaders championing ocean health and hig ... more		Sidekick autonomy software guides YFQ-42A test mission for CCA program Infleqtion lists shares on NYSE as neutral atom quantum firm Top Chinese gaming companies continue to challenge		Soil microbes shift as shrubs invade remnant hill prairies Perched high on the bluffs of the big river valleys in the Midwest are some of the last remnants of never-farmed prairie grasslands. These patches, edged by forest, are slowly being taken over by sh ... more
				Plant biology discovery furthers scientists' understanding of plant growth and development Auxin, a small molecule, is a plant hormone discovered by Charles Darwin about 100 years ago. Over the years that followed it became understood to be the most important and versatile plant hormone c ... more		Tropical grassy ecosystems under threat Scientists at the University of Liverpool have found that tropical grassy areas, which play a critical role in the world's ecology, are under threat as a result of ineffective management. Acco ... more

Planet Labs Set To Launch Largest Satellite Fleet In History

China deploys 21 satellites in search for missing plane

NASA Historic Earth Images Still Hold Research Value

Exelis completes transmitter assemblies for first GPS III satellite payload

New Airborne GPS Technology for Weather Conditions Takes Flight

Astro Aerospace Delivers Antennas For Next-Gen GPS III Satellites 3 through 6

Amazon Inhales More Carbon than It Emits

Indonesian president intervenes in roaring forest blaze

Light pollution impairs rainforest regeneration

Renewable chemical ready for biofuels scale-up

Maverick and PPE To Make Small-scale Methane-to-Methanol Plants

Boeing, South African Airways Explore Ways for Farmers to Grow More Sustainable Biofuel Crops

	Penn team links Africans' ability to digest milk to spread of cattle raising Babies are born with the ability to digest lactose, the sugar found in milk, but most humans lose this ability after infancy because of declining levels of the lactose-digesting enzyme lactase. Peop ... more		Success of new bug-fighting approach may vary from field to field A new technique to fight crop insect pests may affect different insect populations differently, researchers report. They analyzed RNA interference (RNAi), a method that uses genetic material to "sil ... more		Water-rich gem points to vast 'oceans' beneath the Earth A University of Alberta diamond scientist has found the first terrestrial sample of a water-rich gem that yields new evidence about the existence of large volumes of water deep beneath the Earth. ... more		History will repeat itself in Pakistan drought region, experts warn As the death toll from the latest outbreak of poverty-driven diseases in Pakistan's Thar desert nears 100 children, experts are warning that corruption and a dysfunctional political system make a repeat of the disaster almost inevitable. ... more

Small-Body Robot Review Charts Path From Module Design to System-Level Co-Design

Drone Radar Over Alaska and Wyoming Points Way to Buried Ice on Mars

Sub-Neptunes Vanish Around Red Dwarf Stars in McMaster Exoplanet Survey

N.African dust stimulates monsoons: study		Brazil drought puts froth on coffee prices		Endless torment for Philippine typhoon widow		Earth has a secret reservoir of water, say scientists		Bordeaux gets Chinese hangover
Vietnam coffee production hit by extreme weather: official		Agroforestry can ensure food security and mitigate the effects of climate change in Africa		Technique to create holes in graphene could improve water filters, desalination		Fertilizer in small doses yields higher returns for less money		Typhoon-hit Philippine farmers to reap harvest: UN

Livestock can produce food that is better for the people and the planet

Japan to halve tuna catch in Northern Pacific: reports

Huge tract of Australia in 'biggest ever drought'

Virtual bees help to unravel complex causes of colony decline

Farmstar Expert opens new horizons, incorporating UAV Data

New Technique Allows Frequent Water Quality Monitoring For Suite of Pollutants

New targets needed to protect Lake Erie from massive 'dead zone'

NASA Responds to California's Evolving Drought

Cows are smarter when raised in pairs

Boeing, South African Airways Explore Ways for Farmers to Grow More Sustainable Biofuel Crops

Your money or your life: coal miner's dilemma mirrors China's

New invasive species breakthrough sparks interest around the world

Sensor-based irrigation systems show potential to increase greenhouse profitability

Permafrost to protect the biodiversity of the Earth

We want to save water, but do we know how?

Food production in the northeastern US may need to change if climate does

GM spuds beat blight

Haze shrouds Malaysian capital amid drought

French trufflers rise up in defence of their black diamonds

Homogeneity of food has serious implications for farming and nutrition

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