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Plants do Math Overnight to Efficiently Use Food Stores
Posted by Nature World News: James A. Foley on June 24th, 2013
Nature World News: Plants perform precise arithmetic calculations to prevent starvation overnight, according to new research published in the open access journal eLife.
Scientists working at the John Innes Centre (JIC) in Norfolk, England report that plants will make calculations that allow them to use up their reserves of starch so precisely that they are depleted at dawn, when a new round of photosynthesis begins.
Martin Howard, an expert mathematical modeler at the JIC, said the research is the "first concrete...
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India Flooding, Landslides Cause 600 Deaths as Stranded Begin to Starve
Posted by Nature World News: James A. Foley on June 21st, 2013
Nature World News: Flooding and landslides in northern India have claimed the lives of at nearly 600 people as the death toll continued to rise throughout the week.
Early and abnormally heavy monsoon rains caused the Ganges Rivers and some of its tributaries to flood, triggering landslides that killed or trapped hundreds, while tens of thousands have been left stranded.
The Himalayan state of Uttrakhand was among the worst affected regions. People in scores of towns and villages have been stranded by flooding...