Tag: harvard university
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Trees Using Water More Efficiently When Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Rises
The study, “Increase in forest water-use efficiency as atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations rise,” was published on-line today in the journal Nature. Dave Hollinger, a plant physiologist with the U.S. Forest Service’s Northern Research Station, is a co-author with lead author Trevor Keenan of Harvard University and colleagues from The Ohio State University, Indiana University, and…
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Plants Are Altruistic According to New Study
The researchers looked at corn, in which each fertilized seed contained two “siblings” — an embryo and a corresponding bit of tissue known as endosperm that feeds the embryo as the seed grows, said CU-Boulder Professor Pamela Diggle. They compared the growth and behavior of the embryos and endosperm in seeds sharing the same mother…
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Fuel Cell Keeps Going When Hydrogen Runs Out
Harvard tweaks a solid-oxide fuel cell, using a bilayer of platinum and VOx for the anode, to give it battery-like energy storage. Thank you for your interest in this story. To read the rest of it, please visit EarthTechling.