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A new research by the University of Bristol found that plants grown at high temperature elongate stems to allow their leaves to cool. The research team, led by ...

Researchers at the Iranian Biological Resource Center (IBRC) were able to successfully identify the country second native archaea.

Public Research and Regulation Initiative (PRRI) submission in response to CBD Notification 2012-016 requesting Parties and stakeholders to submit information on identification of living modified organisms that ...

An international team of scientists said Sunday the largest brain study of its kind had found a gene linked to intelligence, a small piece in the puzzle as to why some people are smarter than others. A variant of this gene "can tilt the scales in favor of a higher intelligence", study leader Paul Thompson told AFP,…

(Nature-08 May 2012) Approval of a ‘biologic’ manufactured in plant cells may pave the way for similar products.

ScienceDaily (Apr. 12, 2012) — Expanding on previous research providing proof-of-principle that human stem cells can be genetically engineered into HIV-fighting cells, a team of UCLA researchers have now demonstrated that these cells can...

Biotechnological approaches are essential for effective virus disease management in major crops in the Philippines, said University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) Associate Professor Dr. Filomena Sta. Cruz...

(Apr 11, 2012) Scientists report on the development of a hybridizing magnetic relaxation nanosensor (hMRS) technology that they claim can rapidly detect the presence of otherwise hard-to-diagnose intracellular pathogens in minimally processed clinical samples such as peripheral blood and tissue.

Field trials are now being done in England for a genetically modified (GM) wheat that scares away aphids and attracts a deadly predator to ...

India is the second largest producer of wheat in the world at an estimated record harvest of more than 87 million tons in 2010-2011 and a record production of ...