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In many areas in the world the lack of water parallels the desertification.Is the creation of new drought resistant plants going to solve the problem for the world nutrition or do we have to...
21 August 2020 8,789 7 View
Mediterranean get on average 600 000 T plastic/year and we consume some 5 gr plastic (micro- plastic particles) per week, the equivalent of a credit card
18 June 2019 3,121 5 View
The green house effect of methane is about 85 x more potent than carbon dioxide. At the University of Stanford scientists are working on a project to use zeolite to convert methane into carbon...
27 May 2019 5,669 5 View
There are some 1000 different species of microorganisms in our body. Most of them are in the gut (Escherichia coli). It seems that everybody has its own bacterial "finger print".
20 May 2019 3,601 4 View
In the past years, in China they have discovered small dinosaurs with what looks like feathers
14 May 2019 5,428 9 View
For some birds like the great black tit (Parus major) it is obvious that their vocal expressions are different depending on the circumstances. Do we have clear cut evidence?
07 May 2019 3,818 3 View
As a radical solution to save and protect ecosystems some advocate the bioprotection of plants (use of pheromones, transgenic plants, use of microorganisms, hyperparasites, and proper soil...
30 April 2019 6,788 14 View
If yes, how to get about this problem? How to inform the consumer about the benefit and risk of "transgenic" food ?
01 April 2019 6,762 9 View
In the tropics deforestation can possibly lead to a quick degradation (laterization) of soils if we are not taking the proper measures. In this particular case what is the best and cheapest way to...
06 March 2019 1,652 15 View
It is apparent that many weed species become resistant to herbicides. This is a big challenge for monoculture farming.
26 February 2019 9,913 14 View
In some areas where drought is persisting we observe an increase in the salinity of soils. In these areas no irrigation is possible. If you have a reference regarding this question I would greatly...
18 February 2019 9,300 5 View
These new generation of nuclear fission reactors (SMRs) under study are more reliable and flexible than the classical large nuclear plants. They should present much less risk of accidents than the...
14 February 2019 369 9 View
Chemical analysis of layers of ice (arctic, antarctic) revealed evidence of climatic changes occurring long before human started polluting our planet-
12 February 2019 2,897 5 View
If you repeatedly touch Arabidopsis thaliana it produces the stress hormone ethylene. Is ethylene responsible for the stunt growth of stressed plants? How does it work?
07 February 2019 9,687 2 View
Blind, these social insects build ingenious large constructions (with air conditioning and regulated temperature). Some scientists claim that the sole gradient of pheromone enable the realization...
04 February 2019 6,766 3 View
A company in France is selling recordings (protéodies) of a very special music that is suppose to protect plants against certain kinds of diseases. There are also claims that positive results have...
04 February 2019 1,953 10 View
I think that such a solution for the production of vegetables could be of benefit in peri-urban areas What is your opinion or do you have other suggestions?
02 February 2019 3,157 1 View
By certain type of cancer, mutations are well known. Genome/epigenome editing could possibly "repair" such genes or silence them by methylation of their promoter.
28 January 2019 5,048 4 View
This problem is apparent for monocultures of crops. The alternative for weed control should be ecological.
27 January 2019 4,682 6 View
Many people are against genetically modified plants to control pest populations. An alternative could be the use of insect pheromones to decrease the population of insects destroying crops.
25 January 2019 6,485 9 View
