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Trees are generally considered plants consisting of a long stem, known as a trunk, and branches and/or leaves. Usually, the trunk supports leaves and branches, which grow high off the ground, by providing water and nutrients. Water and nutrients are transported into the trunk through root systems which grow below the ground to aid in stabilizing the tree.
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SEP 06, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Around 11,000 years ago, megafauna of the earth began to go extinct. Mastodons were some of the largest land animals liv
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 31, 2020
Earth & The Environment
The recent discovery of a fossil-tree in the Andean Altiplano dates back to 10 million years ago, say researchers. The d
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 27, 2020
Microbiology
Organisms rely on a biological fuel known as ATP, which provides the energy for many processes. In cellular respiration,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 21, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Imagine Northern Africa, now inhabited by the desiccated Sahara desert, as a green oasis, covered by plants and trees. T
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 18, 2020
Microbiology
Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease caused by a bacterium: Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum. Its origins ha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 17, 2020
Earth & The Environment
A study led by University of Michigan researchers and published recently in PNAS reports that cold-climate forests
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 16, 2020
Microbiology
Bacteria in the gut have a powerful influence on our health, in part because all of those microbes have genes of their o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 13, 2020
Plants & Animals
In 2007, an outbreak of yellow fever devastated the howler monkey population of El Parque El Piñalito. A genetic mutatio
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 10, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Modern humans are exclusively Homo sapiens, but at one point, other related species were also present in the world. Nean
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 30, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
One of the most puzzling characteristics of coronavirus is how some people develop severe symptoms and die from the dise
...
JUL 28, 2020
Earth & The Environment
We often only think of the impact of lightning on how it relates to humans, but new research from the Smithsonian Tropic
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 27, 2020
Microbiology
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...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 25, 2020
Earth & The Environment
As the fifth-longest river and the most sediment-laden river in the world, the Yellow River in China supports agricultur
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 24, 2020
Microbiology
In two counties in Illinois, a pathogen continues its emergence. Researchers have found that Lone Star ticks there are c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 06, 2020
Microbiology
The pandemic coronavirus has caused a wide range of different symptoms, and as time goes on, we may find that it can hav
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 03, 2020
Earth & The Environment
A crucial new resource has been added to climate science recently: the most recent edition of the South American Drought
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 21, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Pollen is produced by trees, grasses, and weeds, and it's a way for plants to reproduce by disseminating their genet
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 16, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Research published in the journal Conservation Letters highlights the importance of considering land-use history when ev
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 16, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Looking for ways to cool off and beat the summer heat? Think twice before wiping that sweat off your brow. Every drop of
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUN 15, 2020
Plants & Animals
It’s dog eat dog out there, especially in the animal kingdom. But this well-received idiom referring to the ruthle
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 07, 2020
Plants & Animals
Tawny frogmouths (Podargus strigoides) are a captivating species of nocturnal bird that, although owl-esque in terms of
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 05, 2020
Earth & The Environment
A new study published in the journal Science reports grim news for mangroves: until humans drastically reduce greenhouse
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 01, 2020
Plants & Animals
Sifaka lemurs exist in families of such large numbers, that even an entire cluster of massive trees isn’t fruitful
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 29, 2020
Earth & The Environment
A new study published in Science is hee first to analyze long-term climate sensitivity from observations of entire fores
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan