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Some ways to dodge the feelings of low productivity in lockdown – for a while

A few people are finding home working difficult during lockdown. Here are some ways I’ve found to make working from home a bit more bearable.

by Alun SaltJuly 12, 2020July 8, 2020
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Life

Write for us – join our ‘Botany Writers’ mailing list

by Anne OsterriederNovember 1, 2019October 30, 2019
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Life

Why do cabbage leaves smell? They’re storing sulphur.

Sulphur (S) is an essential macronutrient for seeds, so why do brassicas store it in leaves?

by Alex AssiryOctober 24, 2019October 22, 2019
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Lolium perenne
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Candidate gene identification in perennial ryegrass

by Alex AssiryJuly 12, 2019July 8, 2019
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Life

Waring out the carbon: is net primary productivity proportional to gross primary productivity?

by Joseph StinzianoMay 24, 2019May 24, 2019
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Nigel Chaffe7
Life

All good things come to an end…

by Nigel ChaffeyApril 18, 2019April 23, 2019
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Esther Ngumbi
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Do the small things to make a big difference

by Esther NgumbiMarch 8, 2019March 8, 2019
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Life

What’s Not a Nut?

‘May contain nuts’, but what is a nut? A quiz to annoy your friends with.

by Alun SaltFebruary 20, 2019February 20, 2019
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Dead trees in the Amazon
Life

To drink, or not to drink – do trees coordinate their water supply with environmental conditions?

by Joseph StinzianoFebruary 6, 2019February 4, 2019
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Wassailing
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Wassailing to wake the trees

January 17 marks twelfth night in the Julian Calendar. It also marks the traditional night of wassailing, a ritual to drive evil spirits from the orchard.

by Fi GennuJanuary 17, 2019January 17, 2019
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Life

Why are/aren’t we following you on Twitter?

Who do we follow on Twitter? Here’s why we follow people and why we don’t.

by Alun SaltJuly 13, 2018July 13, 2018
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Tissue-specific expression of NPC2 by histochemical GUS reporter assay
Life

Non-Specific Phospholipase C2 (NPC2) in plant immune responses in Arabidopsis

by botanyoneMarch 7, 2018March 5, 2018
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Butterfly and milkweed
Life

Can plants escape from an arms race?

It’s easy to see how herbivory could lead to defences in plants, but what happens when the attackers start using those expensive defences for their own benefit?

by Alun SaltFebruary 28, 2018February 28, 2018
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Stained rose stem
Life

The Return of the Rainbow Rose

by Alun SaltFebruary 14, 2018May 29, 2019
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