What are the differences in desiccation sensitivity and tolerance mechanisms in reproductive and non-reproductive plant tissues?

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What is the active ingredient in tobacco?

The active ingredients in alcohol and ganja and/or marijuana are ethanol and cannabis, respectively!

05 June 2016 5,131 3 View

Which is the better method between high-resolution scanning and/or freeze-fracture transmission electron microscopy for lipid phase-transitions study?

Used high-resolution scanning electron microscopy for the study of lipid phase-transitions in desiccation-responses of wild rice in conjunction with the standard freeze-fracture a decade ago

06 July 2015 6,287 10 View

Is the classification of scientists according to ResearchGate scores valid?

ResearchGate scores can be classified into: (1) < 10: beginner and/or poor, (2) 1- 20: mediocre and/or senior, (3) 20 - 30: good and/or senior, (4) 30 - 40: excellent and/or world-leading, (5) >...

05 June 2014 2,328 5 View

Is it true that all viral diseases are incurable?

Patrick Leburu: "Viral infections may be incurable! However, some may be treatable!"

05 June 2014 6,842 2 View

What are your views on 'emotional intelligence'?

Intelligence is indivisible!

03 April 2014 7,868 10 View

Is constant mutation the (sole) cause of the incurability of viral disease(s) and/or infection(s)?

Viruses constantly mutate!

31 December 2013 8,097 8 View

Is autophagy a combination and/or hybrid of (elements of) apoptosis and necrosis?

Apoptosis is programmed cell death! Necrosis is not!

09 October 2013 6,616 22 View

What are mediators of apoptosis?

There are many mediators of apotosis!

06 July 2013 6,296 4 View

Is there (a) mechanism(s) for drug resistance other than its efflux?

Drug resistance is usually mediated by drug efflux.

06 July 2013 8,888 6 View

Does coinfection affect and/or influence host immunological responses to each infection?

Possibly and/or probably!

01 January 1970 4,995 4 View

How can i resolve the "final solutuin is not converged" error in Comsol for my heat transfer simulation??

I have been trying to simulate heat transfer problem in Comsol 5.5 for long time but it always throw an error stating: "Failed to find a solution. Maximum number of Newton iterations...

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How can I assign a velocity along one direction to CO2 molecules in a molecular dynamics simulation using GROMACS?

Dear all, I am trying to perform a MD simulation about the interaction between CO2 and a polymer. I create my model, solvate it and perform the NVT and NPT equilibration. Now I am not able to...

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Recalcitrant seed short-mid storage method?

Dear peer scientists, Ultradry storage is not suitable for recalcitrant seeds. However, theoretically, if we can stabilize the structure of the subcellular membrane, as well as glassify the...

25 February 2021 2,442 1 View

What is this fern?

Please help me to identify this fern species. Thank you in advance.

24 February 2021 2,435 5 View

Is there a suitable way to confine cell attachment area inside a multi-well plate?

Are there any types of cylindrical cell culture inserts that are designed to confine cell seeding area? Say, if I'm using a 12 well plate (3.5 cm^2/well), but only want to seed cells in the middle...

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How to use Remote sensing and GIS applications for mapping the available medicinal plants within the locality/municipality?

Hello, I'm very interested in mapping and managing the conservation of the Philippine traditional medicinal plants, in which I think is very helpful in the field of medicine for further analysis...

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Is it possible to use maize mature seed to do transformation for maize transgenic study?

Almost all research reports which i ever seen work on Early mature embryo for Agrobacterium mediated maize transformation. In other grass families like rice, we can use mature seed and what do...

17 February 2021 1,434 13 View

Can medicinal plants really play an inherent rule in the COVID-19 tackle?

Numerous scientific reports cited plant extracts with potential antiviral activity and even anti-COVID-19? Why these findings are neglected? I remember very well the warning released by the WHO to...

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Is there any solar electric power plant having the concentrated photovoltaic modules?

The solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant uses commercial (non-concentrated) PV modules which are quite simple in design and reliable. They can work on fixed orientation and don't need the moving...

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Dealing with BMDM seeding and RNA extraction ?

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