If you see a face in a cloud, in the slots of a power point, or on the side of a house, there is a term for: face pareidolia. This strange perception phenomenon makes lifeless, busy objects appear to have facial features – the basic shapes of two eyes and …
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Five taste sensations and only three types of taste cells form the world of tastes – or so we thought. A new discovery indicates that there could be more complexity to this equation than we first thought. Researchers working with rodents have identified a new population of taste buds, and …
Read More »[ad_1] Plant scientists have long known that crop yields are proportional to the dose of nitrogen fertilizer, but increased use of fertilizers is costly and environmentally damaging. Until now, the underlying mechanisms by which plants adjust their growth according to nitrogen dose were unknown, a key finding that could help …
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[ad_1] Arabidopsis grows in the Coruzzi Laboratory at the Center for Genomics and Systems Biology at New York University. Credit: New York University Plant scientists have long known that crop yields are proportional to the dose of nitrogen fertilizer, but increased use of fertilizers is costly and environmentally damaging. Until …
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