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Soils offer new hope as carbon sink

... locks up carbon in the soil for the long term and lifts agricultural production," he said. The trials at Wollongbar have focused on the benefits of agrichar to agricultural productivity. "When applied at 10t/ha, the biomass of wheat was tripled and of soybeans was more than doubled," said Dr Van Zwi...

World's leading scientists announce creation of 'Encyclopedia of Life'

... Encyclopedia of Life is tremendously exciting and lifts my confidence that this vast, romantic global effort will succeed," Edwards said. "We are also encouraged by the declaration in March 2007 by the environment ministers of the G8 nations to foster a global species information system." While init...

Combination therapy with a monocloncal antibody and a vaccine leads to tumor rejection

.... They go on to demonstrate that blockade of CTLA4 lifts the inhibition of T cell proliferation and allows both Tregs and Teff cells to proliferate in response to exposure to self-antigen. Interestingly, combination of CLTA4 blockade with Gvax selectively primes the anti-tumor Teff cells for action. This l...

Honeybee decision-making ability rivals any department committee

... thorax warmed to 95 degrees Fahrenheit, the swarm lifts off toward its new home. "This is a striking example of decision making by an animal group that is complicated enough to rival the dealings of any department committee," said Seeley, a professor of neurobiology and behavior at Cornell and lead autho...

Discovering the first steps in transcription-coupled repair

...tional change, a "remodeling" of the RNAPII, which lifts the clamp module out of the way. This finding is especially significant because XPB and XPD, the other two proteins associated with xeroderma pigmentosum that can cause Cockayne Syndrome when defective (in addition to XPG), are essential components ...

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