Botanists have compiled a comprehensive, searchable checklist of 124,993 species, 6,227 genera and 355 families of vascular plants of the Americas. This represents one third of all known vascular plants worldwide.
Daily Archives: December 21, 2017
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Every day, every inch of skin on your body comes into contact with thousands of molecules — from food, cosmetics, sweat, the microbes that call your skin home. Now researchers can create interactive 3-D maps that show where each molecule lingers on your body.
On the coattails of good news from Consumer Reports’ owner satisfaction survey, Tesla CEO Elon Musk teased a big update to his car company’s infotainment system. In a tweet (where else?), Musk said that Tesla owners have a new navigation system to look forward to in the near future. The […]
Famine may be largely a thing of the past but in recent years the re-emergence of a disease that can kill wheat — which provides a fifth of humanity’s food — has threatened food security; now a wheat stem rust breakthrough is being announced.
Using x-ray lasers, researchers have been able to map out how water fluctuates between two different states when it is cooled. At -44°C these fluctuations reach a maximum pointing to the fact that water can exist as two different distinct liquids.
Small bacterial infections that may go unnoticed and which the body easily clears without treatment, such as occurs during mild food poisoning, nevertheless can start a chain of events that leads to chronic inflammation and potentially life-threatening colitis.
A record crowd is expected for the MCG guaranteeing a hostile atmosphere in the stadium for Joe Root’s tourists as Smith’s side aim for a whitewash. And the Australia captain says there will be no change in tactics in the middle despite criticism in certain quarters of the on-field umpires’ […]
Brussels officials said the talks had not reached a political agreement this week, stalling plans for a deal on high-priority areas this year. Officials including European Commissioner for Trade, Cecilia Malmström, and Mexican Economy Minister, Ildefonso Guajardo, had met late into the night on Wednesday But, despite apparent progress, they […]