the Danish company Aresa Biodetection has developed genetically-modified flowers which change color when their roots come in contact with Nitrogen Dioxide in the soil. [from TED]
The Chinese character for soil is composed of a long base stroke, perhaps representing subsoil; a shorter upper stroke, perhaps indicating topsoil; and a vertical stroke, perhaps representing a growing plant. The Chinese character for earth consists of two parts— on the left ...
前段时间买的山药来不及吃,结果发芽了,于是种在花盆里,想等开花后结出小灯笼样的果果,不料这几天气温陡降,看山药叶都开始黄了,却惊讶的发现藤上部长出许多零余子,不得不惊叹山药对环境的应变能力:在来不及开花结果的情况下,就改用零余子来繁殖! 不由想起前几天看的:Does evolutionary theory need a rethin ...
42. Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy Daniel J. Klionsky, Fabio C. Abdalla, Hagai Abeliovich, Robert T. Abraham, Abraham Acevedo-Arozena, Khosrow Adeli, Lotta Agholme, Maria Agnello, Patrizia Agostinis, Julio A. Aguirre-Ghiso, Hyung Jun Ahn, Ouardi ...