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Science & Plants for Schools

Posted on February 2nd, 2012 by DaveF

In the way that you do when you follow a link and then another one and another, I’ve stumbled across Science & Plants for Schools, which “creates opportunities for teachers and students to find out more about plants and to become more interested in plant science” – very worthwhile aims!

On our Scoop It between January 18th and January 30th

Posted on January 30th, 2012 by annbot

These are links from our Scoop It page between January 18th and January 30th: Landscapes for People, Food and Nature: a new Blog from Bioversity, FAO, UNEP et al A new blog on Landscapes for People, Food and Nature is launched today. Fortunately, its just in time for a new University of Leicester undergraduate module [...]

New food for thought – you are what you eat?

Posted on January 25th, 2012 by annbot

Recent findings show that genetic material in plant foods may survive digestion, circulate through our bodies and modulate our gene expression. These findings could alter our understanding of nutrition, genetic regulation and open up new vistas for engineering foods.   New foods for thought. Trends Plant Sci. 19 Jan 2012 Tweet

On our Scoop It between January 3rd and January 17th

Posted on January 17th, 2012 by annbot

These are links from our Scoop It page between January 3rd and January 17th: The Archaeobotanist: African Archaeobotany 2011 A blog reviewing Dorian Fuller's archaeobotanical highlights of 2011. Africa, as a continent, remains one of the archaeobotanically least known and so it worth noting a number of contributions over the past year. One of the [...]

On our Scoop It between December 13th and December 20th

Posted on December 21st, 2011 by annbot

These are links from our Scoop It page between December 13th and December 20th: BibliOdyssey: Liber Floridus These images come from the fabled manuscript, 'Liber Floridus' (Book of Flowers), a Medieval encyclopædia produced some 900 years ago by Lambert, Canon of St Omer, in the NE France/Flanders/Belgium region.   From the always impressive BibliOdyssey site [...]

On our Scoop It between November 29th and December 11th

Posted on December 11th, 2011 by annbot

These are links from our Scoop It page between November 29th and December 11th: How would you illustrate the concept of a seedbank? Seedbanks, like most scientific collections, can never be imaged in total. But if you need an illustration of this concept, what would you focus on? The building, its location, a curator, some [...]

On our Scoop It between November 15th and November 24th

Posted on November 24th, 2011 by annbot

These are links from our Scoop It page between November 15th and November 24th: Happy Thanksgiving! Sweet Potato Gets Funding While turkey is the star of the Thanksgiving plate, a humble side dish is getting its moment in the science spotlight. The Global Crop Diversity Trust and the International Potato Center in Peru have set [...]

On our Scoop It between November 8th and November 14th

Posted on November 15th, 2011 by annbot

These are links from our Scoop It page between November 8th and November 14th: Debate: Is Research for Development Relevant to Water and Food Challenges? The International Forum on Water and Food is the premier gathering of water and food scientists working on improving agriculture production in developing countries. … research-for-development is highly relevant precisely because [...]

On our Scoop It between October 20th and November 7th

Posted on November 7th, 2011 by annbot

These are links from our Scoop It page between October 20th and November 7th: The Most Alien-Looking Place on Earth? Socotra island has been geographically isolated from mainland Africa for the last 6 or 7 million years. Like the Galapagos Islands, Socotra island is teeming with 700 extremely rare species of flora and fauna, a [...]