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Self cleaning Lotus leaf imitated in plastic Self cleaning Lotus leaf imitated in plastic Nature has some ingenious solutions which have been studied by some of the most successful inventors and creators of our time. Frank Lloyd Wright implored, “Study nature, love nature, stay...
Flood-tolerance and drought-tolerance boost rice yields Two breakthroughs in rice science: flood-tolerance and drought-tolerance boost yields Rice, the world's most important staple crop, recently was the subject of a tremendous speculative boom-and-bust cycle, with prices going through the...
Irrigation system can grow crops with salt water Irrigation system can grow crops with salt water By Katie Scott from Wired UK A British company has created an irrigation system that can grow crops using salt water. Update: Scientists 'close to creating salt-tolerant crops' ...
Tree ecology Seeing the Tree from the Forest From: http://www.scientificcomputing.com/news-DA-Seeing-the-Tree-from-the-Forest-082709.aspx Algorithm explores future changes in plant populations ...

Simpler, cheaper, biodegradable plastic without using fossil fuels Simpler, cheaper, biodegradable plastic without using fossil fuels: " In recent years, polylactic acid (PLA) has attracted attention as a replacement for petroleum-based plastics. It is made from corn-starch, or other starch-rich substances like maize,...
World's first blue roses go on sale World's first blue roses to go on sale They may not be exactly blue in color, but the long-awaited commercial release of the blue rose is set to take place in Japan next week (November 3). Thought to be impossible to create because they lack...
Algal Biofuels Five Companies Making Fuel From Algae Now Ubiquitous and easy to grow, algae has long been a promising biomass-to-fuel candidate in the eyes of researchers. Now algae is a burgeoning sector in biofuels with several high-profile start-ups,...
Amyris Biotechnologies Raises $41M Amyris Biotechnologies Raises $41M Fri Oct 2, 2009 4:12pm EDT Biofuel company Amyris Biotechnologies, Inc. announced that it has raised $41.75 million in a current Series C round, from new investors GrupoCornelioBrennand of Brazil and Naxos...