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• Half of species found by 'great plant hunters'
• One year later, rehabilitated golden eagle's path revealed
• Brown liquor and solar cells to provide sustainable electricity
• Why spring is blooming marvelous: Switch that accelerates flowering time discovered
• A new pipewort species from a unique, but fragile habitat in India
• Spotting ancient sites, from space
• Microbiologists can now measure extremely slow life, deep ocean study shows

Half of species found by 'great plant hunters' Posted: 24 Mar 2012 12:03 PM PDT More than 50% of the world's plant species have been discovered by 2% of plant collectors, scientists have found. With an estimated 15-30% of the world's flowering plants yet to be discovered, finding and recording new plant species is vital to our understanding of global biodiversity.

One year later, rehabilitated golden eagle's path revealed Posted: 22 Mar 2012 02:36 PM PDT A rare golden eagle rehabilitated and released last year in Massachusetts spent the summer around the Quebec/Labrador border, then returned to the New York/Connecticut area where it was originally found, new data has revealed.

Brown liquor and solar cells to provide sustainable electricity Posted: 22 Mar 2012 11:21 AM PDT A breakthrough for inexpensive electricity from solar cells, and a massive investment in wind power, will mean a need to store energy in an intelligent way. According to new research batteries of biological waste products from pulp mills could provide the solution.

Why spring is blooming marvelous: Switch that accelerates flowering time discovered Posted: 21 Mar 2012 11:30 AM PDT With buds bursting early, only for a mild winter to turn Arctic and wipe them out, we are witnessing how warm weather can trigger flowering, even out of season, and how important it is for plants to blossom at the right time of year. Scientists have now identified the switch that accelerates flowering time in response to temperature.

A new pipewort species from a unique, but fragile habitat in India Posted: 20 Mar 2012 08:54 AM PDT The Laterite plateau of India is a fragile habitat, notable for its unique biodiversity of ephemeral plants. It blooms during the monsoon rains, but turns into a desert of hot rocks in the summer. A team of botanists found another new, rare pipewort plant species from the seasonal pools of this highly threatened habitat.

Spotting ancient sites, from space Posted: 19 Mar 2012 12:11 PM PDT An archaeologist has dramatically simplified the process of finding early human settlements by using computers to scour satellite images for the tell-tale clues of human habitation, and in the process uncovered thousands of new sites that might reveal clues to the earliest complex human societies.

Microbiologists can now measure extremely slow life, deep ocean study shows Posted: 19 Mar 2012 08:17 AM PDT Microbiologists have developed a new method for measuring the very slow metabolism of bacteria deep down in the seabed. The results can provide knowledge about the global carbon cycle and its long-term impact on the climate.

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