Articles in the Category: Plants
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biology, Food and Nutrition, Genetics, Health and Medicine, Plants, Video on 02 10th, 2010 | No Comments
Scientists Invent Rice That Doesn’t Need Cooking
Agricultural scientists in India say they have developed a variety of rice that requires no cooking and can be eaten simply after being soaked in water.
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Backyard Science, Ecology, Environment, Global Warming, Plants, SciClips on 10 29th, 2009 | No Comments
Open Data Opens Doors for Citizen Scientists
Members of the Surui tribe in Brazil test Open Data Kit, photo courtesy of Carl Hartung, UW
Cell phones are coming to the aid of international health workers, environmental monitors and even citizen scientists. Now loaded with a data collection tool, Open Data Kit is the brainchild of some doctoral students...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Anthropology, Backyard Science, Biology, Computer Science, Engineering, Environment, Featured Articles, Geology, Global Warming, Health and Medicine, Marine Science, Math, New Discoveries, Physics and Chemistry, Plants, SciClips, Space, Video on 08 11th, 2009 | No Comments
Turning the iPhone into the SciPhone
Just over a year old, the Apple iTunes App Store is churning out–or rather independent developers are–applications to calculate tips, find restaurants and even play countless games. But there is little for the science-interested smart phone users.
Oh sure, among the tens of thousands of...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Backyard Science, Computer Science, Featured Articles, Plants, Video on 08 5th, 2009 | No Comments
Science and Smart Phones
Watch the video Smart Phones and Science: Spot the Weed.
Scientists at the University of California are developing a way for the public to contribute data to research projects using a ubiquitous sensing device – the smart phone. This is a great way to collect data in weeks that would otherwise...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Artificial Intelligence, Backyard Science, Biology, Computer Science, Diseases, Featured Articles, Global Warming, Health and Medicine, Marine Science, Math, Nanotechnology, Physics and Chemistry, Plants, RawAudio, SciClips, Space, The Brain on 06 8th, 2009 | No Comments
Science For All
In a move to take science from the lab and place it in the public square, the World Science Festival is about to start its second year of inciting curiosity.
REALscience talked with organizer and physicist Brian Greene to hear what we can expect at this year’s festival.
Photo: Physicist and Co-Founder...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Biology, Environment, Plants, SciClips on 04 1st, 2008 | No Comments
China’s Species Invasion
Student volunteers from schools all over Beijing on their way to planting trees in Beijing’s nearby mountains, courtesy of The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
When the Olympics begin in August this summer it won’t just be the fittest athletes vying for supremacy....
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biology, Biotechnology, Diseases, Health and Medicine, Plants, Podcast, SciClips on 06 26th, 2007 | No Comments
Cancer Killers
Lapacho bark
Naturopathic cures to major diseases could be struggling for survival under the Amazon canopy or pushing away predators in the Caribbean. Research teams are scouring the globe for plants and animals that will protect us from cancer and other illnesses.
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biology, Biotechnology, Consumer Safety, Health and Medicine, Plants, Podcast, SciClips on 05 16th, 2007 | No Comments
Boiled Again
courtesy of www.freedigitalphotos.net
Broccoli is generally viewed as a good veggie to eat to prevent cancer. Brussel sprouts, cauliflower and green cabbage contain similar properties. But scientists recently discovered that boiling them destroys much of the health benefit.
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