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Secrets of Bonsai: Uncovering the mechanism of root…

The molecular mechanism behind root regeneration after root cutting in plants has been discovered. A finding which could lead to the development of new methods for regulating plant growth in agriculture and horticulture. [caption id="attachment_13221"…

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Diet tracker in space

[caption id="attachment_13213" align="alignnone" width="625"] Thomas Pesquet[/caption] Whether you are on a diet or just want to be healthier, you might be one of those millions of people around the planet who use a mobile app…

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Cassini and Huygens

[caption id="attachment_13209" align="alignnone" width="700"] Credit: ESA/J.Mai[/caption] In December 2004, after a seven-year journey as part of the international Cassini–Huygens mission to Saturn, ESA’s Huygens probe separated from NASA’s Cassini orbiter to make a lonely one-way voyage to Titan,…

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“Handedness” in Scale-eating Fish: Nature and Nurture

Two researchers from Nagoya University and the University of Toyama find scale-eating fish have a naturally stronger side for attacking prey fish, and learn to use the dominant side through experience. [caption id="attachment_13203" align="alignright" width="286"]…