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Cover pictures: A Video Blog about inserts and roses
I am discussing the cover images in Annals of Botany in my first video blog today. Each year, we have a large image in the background,
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The Vacuole: not just an empty hole!
The vacuole is the largest organelle of a plant cell. It accumulates proteins, ions and secondary metabolites while providing turgor for cell growth via water content.
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Grass – good for the environment
Via Scoop.it – AnnBot Soil beneath grassland stores up to 70t/ha of carbon (25t/ha more than arable crops), and acts as a valuable sink for carbon dioxide, one of the gases on the climate change blacklist.Via http://www.talkinggrass.co.uk [http://www.talkinggrass.co.uk]
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More evidence found for quantum physics in photosynthesis
Via Scoop.it – AnnBot Physicists have found the strongest evidence yet of quantum effects fueling photosynthesis. Multiple experiments in recent years have suggested as much, but
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University of Oxford seeks First Wood Professor of Forest Science
“Forestry… may be called the younger sister and the servant of Agriculture. Each of these arts is essential to the welfare of nations, and no people
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A gift for teenage children of all ages?
Christmas is looming for many of us and with it the challenge of buying the perfect gift for friends and family. Choosing something for young people
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Classical Guitar Music to complement videos and free: En la Brisa danosongs.com
Via Scoop.it – AnnBot “When the oak is felled the whole forest echoes with its fall, but a hundred acorns are sown in silence by an
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Wise man speaks much sense about online publishing
The Guardian recently carried an interesting interview with Andrew Rashbass, the chief executive of The Economist group. I’m a big fan of The Economist both
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Schrödinger’s History (TIME 100)
How can you say something is historically important or not unless you observe it? What happens if you set up conditions where you intentionally cannot observe
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In search of the Platzgeist (TIME 100)
It’s easy to pin scientific credit on a person. He or she usually has a name on the key publication, but how do you credit
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Education and Research of Plant Breeding for the 21st Century
General Perspective During the 20th Century national, regional and international gene banks established major collections for most crops to ensure the conservation of plant genetic resources.
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The scale of science and history (TIME 100)
TIME has recently published 100 greatest places in the world. The book is a collection of sites that, the editors argue, have had the biggest impact