Researchers Liz Haswell and Ivan Baxter spend most their time trying to understand
how plants function.
There are also exciting implications for understanding
how plants function.
«Switching on a dime:
How plants function in shade, light.»
More knowledge of the basic function of auxin is in itself important to the life sciences:
how plants function at various levels, from cell to organs and as a whole.
Not exact matches
How can anyone not believe in God????? Just use your head and look at a baby, the universe, plants, seasons, the human body and how it operates with daily functions, and there is not enough paper or rams on my computer to write all the reasons there is a G
How can anyone not believe in God????? Just use your head and look at a baby, the universe,
plants, seasons, the human body and
how it operates with daily functions, and there is not enough paper or rams on my computer to write all the reasons there is a G
how it operates with daily
functions, and there is not enough paper or rams on my computer to write all the reasons there is a God.
To properly carry out our God - given
function on this earth, we must learn
how to properly live in this earth, with each other and with the
plants and animals, and rule them as God rules us.
Profitable farms are regenerating damaged soils and returning
function by understanding
how plants and soil interact.
Chloroplast proteins are crucial to the growth of all
plants, so the results are also relevant for understanding
how chloroplasts
function in general.
Understanding the
functioning of root biology is crucial to know
how plants suffer or adapt to adverse environmental conditions like droughts.
Though it's not yet clear whether these trends hold for all
plant eaters, that they exist at all means that ecologists need to keep them in mind as they figure out the dynamics of
how ecosystems
function.
«Gaining a better understanding of the
functions genes perform in cells, whether
plant or animal, is going to help us understand
how to diagnose and treat diseases in humans,» says Richard K. Wilson of Washington University.
«Our results suggest that current levels of pesticide exposure could be significantly affecting
how bees are interacting with wild
plants, and impairing the crucial pollination services they provide that support healthy ecosystem
function,» he said.
Throughout the experiment, they measured the effects of each species mix on three important salt marsh
functions: overall grass growth (productivity); the rate of dead
plant removal (decomposition); and
how fast tidal or storm surge water percolated through the marsh (filtration).
«Now we know that leaves and roots have responded to different evolutionary selective pressures, and we can start building a better understanding of
how root form and
function drive
plant success within the tremendous biological diversity we see on Earth.»
A current focus is
how the cortical microtubule cytoskeleton — an interior scaffolding that directs construction of the cell's walls and the growth of the
plant — is organized and
functions and
how this guides patterns of cell growth and division.
What does science know and not know about their
functions in the
plants that we eat and don't eat and
how similar are these to our own bodies?
For me, understanding
how the body
functions and exactly
how eating
plant foods will affect particular enzymatic processes, as well as the deleterious effects of meat consumption, delivers a stronger message as to why I should make better dietary choices.
Year 6 Science Assessments and Tracking Objectives covered: Describe
how living things are classified into broad groups according to common observable characteristics and based on similarities and differences, including micro-organisms,
plants and animals Give reasons for classifying
plants and animals based on specific characteristics Identify and name the main parts of the human circulatory system, and describe the
functions of the heart, blood vessels and blood Recognise the impact of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the way their bodies
function Describe the ways in which nutrients and water are transported within animals, including humans Recognise that living things have changed over time and that fossils provide information about living things that inhabited the Earth millions of years ago Recognise that living things produce offspring of the same kind, but normally offspring vary and are not identical to their parents Identify
how animals and
plants are adapted to suit their environment in different ways and that adaptation may lead to evolution Recognise that light appears to travel in straight lines Use the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain that objects are seen because they give out or reflect light into the eye Explain that we see things because light travels from light sources to our eyes or from light sources to objects and then to our eyes Use the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain why shadows have the same shape as the objects that cast them Associate the brightness of a lamp or the volume of a buzzer with the number and voltage of cells used in the circuit Compare and give reasons for variations in
how components
function, including the brightness of bulbs, the loudness of buzzers and the on / off position of switches Use recognised symbols when representing a simple circuit in a diagram
Hoffman Brandt, who explores
how organisms
function in complex environments, will construct live stakes of red - dogwood
plantings into patterns of Morse Code, guiding visitors to hidden exhibitions throughout the area though her project titled Red Carpet Encrypted.
In a recent working paper, we simulated
how the proposed rule would affect energy market outcomess and social welfare, assuming that it does not harm the efficient
functioning of markets in ways beyond the subsidization of certain
plants.
How a
plant optimizes among these competing
functions can have major ecological implications, which have been under - appreciated by ecologists compared to the focus they have given to leaf
function.
Our goal is to use satellite data to analyze the whole Arctic tundra and develop classifications of vegetation types and
how they
function in the ecosystem broadly, as compared to what we've done thus far, which is primarily trying to determine what
plant species are there.
The point of this is to better understand what the vegetation is doing,
how the different types
function — which affects the balance of
plant and animal species — and to create new maps that demonstrate vegetation
function.
Louisa describes SDT about
how «humans are driven by three psychological needs that contribute to intrinsic motivation, a heliotropic effect, and are essential for growth and well - being, just like sun, water, and soil are essential for
plants to
function optimally.»
Elsewhere on the site is a display of
how cassava was prepared and then made into bread (you can sample a piece at the restaurant here); some replicas of carved «zemis» (sculptural objects which housed a spirit); and another hut that
functioned as a clinic where a shaman would wave
plants and shake rattles over a patient to get in contact with the god of health and determine the nature of a person's ailment.