Sentences with phrase «plant energy biology»

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The center conducts basic and applied research into desert meteorology and solar energy, hydrology, ecology, plant and animal physiology, and cellular and molecular biology, with applications in pollution biodegradation in particular.

For example, students learn about energy in physics and biology, and whether the examples deal with colliding cars or sugar stored in plants, «it's still energy,» said Susan Rundell Singer, lead editor of a 2012 National Academies of Science report on DBER.

«What was really cool about this research was we've known for a long time that a lot of different transcription factors were involved, but it was hard to understand how all the pieces fit together,» said Jenny Mortimer, director of plant systems biology at the Joint BioEnergy Division, a part of the Department of Energy.

Everyone who took high school biology learned that photosynthesis is the process by which plants, algae and select bacteria transform the Sun's energy into chemical energy during the daytime.

«Research on the ISS is being conducted in areas as diverse as high - energy particle physics, Earth remote sensing, protein crystallization, human physiology, radiation, plant cultivation experiments, fluids, combustion, materials science and biology,» she said.

This award recognizes Bob Rabson's steadfast advocacy for plant biology through the creation of funding programs in the Department of Energy for research in basic energy sciEnergy for research in basic energy scienergy sciences.

This work is part of a newly funded U.S. Department of Energy / Department of Agriculture project led by the University of Missouri, Columbia to explore the biology of a single plant cell type, while gaining novel insight into the impacts of temperature and water availability on a crucial root cell necessary for nutrient uptake.

Every biology student learns about nutrient cycles, plant physiology, and anatomy, as well as units on the biosphere, energy transfer, and recycling nutrients.

Sapphire Energy has not provided many details publicly about its technology except to say that it doesn't need fresh water to grow the algae and that it has assembled a team with expertise in cell biology, plant genomics, and algal production.

Led by David Tilman, a biology professor at the University of Minnesota, the research shows that «mixtures of native perennial grasses and other flowering plants provide more usable energy per acre than corn grain ethanol or soybean biodiesel and are far better for the environment,» according to a release from the University of Minnesota.