Analyzing the trade-offs of converting forests to farmland suggests the economic benefits outweigh the environmental costs in some places.
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Do crops sometimes make deforestation worth it?
Posted by National University of Singapore on August 7th, 2017
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No Comments »Some tropical butterflies are flower ‘specialists’
Posted by National University of Singapore on September 6th, 2016
Most tropical butterflies feed from a variety of flower types, but those that are “picky” […]
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Posted by National University of Singapore on August 2nd, 2016
A new technique implants a high-performance magnetic memory chip on a flexible plastic surface without […]
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Posted in Physics, Science General, Technology Tags: access, access memory, bendy plastic, chip works within, components, computer, electronic, Electronic Components, Electronics, engineering, Experiments, flexible, flexible electronics, flexible plastic, industrial, industry, magnetic, magnetic memory, magnetic memory chip, magnetoresistance, material, materials, Memory, memory chip works, National, national university, performance, plastic, plastic surface, Random, random access, Random Access Memory, research, researchers, Silicon, Singapore, strain, Surface, technique, Technology, the research team, transfer, university, within bendy, within bendy plastic, works within, works within bendy No Comments »Cockroach Milk: The world’s next superfood?
Posted by Chuck Bednar on July 27th, 2016
If you’re looking for a protein rich beverage to wash down those avocados and blueberries, you might want to consider cockroach milk, as researchers at the Institute of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine in India report that it could be the next so-called superfood. Writing in the latest edition of the journal IUCrJ, biochemist […]
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Posted in Health, Science General Tags: according, Beetle, beetle cockroaches, chavas, Cockroach, Cockroaches, conducted, Crystals, discovered, Drinks, Embryos, energy, Engineer, involved, liquid, looking, Offspring, pacific, pacific beetle, pacific beetle cockroaches, Protein, Protein Crystals, ramaswamy, research, researchers, reverse, Reverse Engineer, Scientists, species, substance, Superfood, the post that, the research team No Comments »A tiny new frog could protect India’s ‘wastelands’
Posted by National University of Singapore on April 28th, 2016
The discovery of a new frog that’s only the size of a thumbnail could change perceptions of the laterite rock formations of India’s coastal plains.
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