Salt-tolerant rice to boost rice production

Australian scientists have genetically modified rice to improve the crop’s tolerance to salt, offering hope for improved rice production worldwide.

Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics: 10 September 2010

Journal reference

PLoS one Plett D, et al  Published: September 3, 2010

Nano disks could help prevent climate change

Science Daily/University of Calgary: 6 September 2010

New look web site coming

There has and will be a lull in TechNyou web site activity because we are about to launch a new site with all sorts of cool new functionality.  It should be happening in the next day or so…

Jason

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Humble shellfish may give us ‘vanishing plastic’

Swinburne Magazine – 2010 Issue 10

The perfect nanocube: Precise control of size, shape, and composition

Nanowerk: 31 August 2010