Algae found under teenager’s bed…
17 year old Sara Volz wins $100 000 scholarship from Intel Science Talent Search for her experiment on algae that she kept under her bed.
Nigel Chaffey
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I am a Botanist and former Senior Lecturer in Botany at Bath Spa University (Bath, near Bristol, UK). As News Editor for the Annals of Botany I contributed the monthly Plant Cuttings column to that in
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Prizes for plant sites
Since late in 2012, Singapore Botanic Gardens has had ‘Tentative’ UNESCO world heritage status, but now wants to attain full recognition.
Because they’re not red(!)
Although red algae contain green chlorophyll, their red coloration is a result of large amounts of non-green pigments such as phycoerythrin.
Blessed are the peas-makers…
Given the importance of chickpeas, arguably the more genomes the better, not least in helping efforts to develop more drought-tolerant forms.
The positives of parasitic plants(!)
Parasitic plants tend to get a bad press. Unfairly?
An over-abundance of nitrogen…?
Nitrogen is an essential macronutrient for plants – they cannot complete their life cycle without it – and is needed in relatively large amounts.
Gum’s the word
There are two types of people in the world: those who chew gum, and those who don’t.
Has spring sprung yet?
It’s not just humans waiting for Spring – recent research reveals that microbes are also looking forward to the new growth of plants.
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