plant biology

See our blog post at URL http://blog.openhelix.com/?p=10810 for more information on this resource. In today’s tip I will introduce you to another one of our efforts to “extend research” by showing you a glimpse of an OpenHelix app that we designed for the SciVerse platform from Elsevier. This app scans a ScienceDirect journal article for any database names or URLs that we train on, and then displays a list of such resources in the window of the app.

A green roof can certainly make a building look nicer, but can it measurable lower energyrequirements and improve water management? Engineer Jelena Srebric and horticulturist Rob Berghage are working on a project to measure and model how a green roof affects the way buildings use energy and water. In the lab, Tyler Meek does weather experiments indoors to determine the effects of light, wind and water on the roof. Paulo Tabares Velasco works to make a mathematical model to predict what will...

Explore how different types of biomass can be used to produce fuel. One researcher is building reactors to grow algae used to create biofuel. Another studies how leafcutter ant colonies break down biomass in order to solve a different biofuel problem: conversion of cellulose in plants to a fermentable sugar used to make ethanol. Finally, an engineer shows us how his lab uses chemistry and heat to turn sawmill waste into bio-oil and gasoline.

In this expedition we travel to South Los Padres National forest, 25 miles north of Los Angeles California. This diverse eco-system is situated just outside one of the largest cities in the world, but it's amazing what the Piru Creek and surrounding Echo Valley ecosystem has to offer.

In this expedition we travel to South Los Padres National forest, 25 miles north of Los Angeles California. This diverse eco-system is situated just outside one of the largest cities in the world, but it's amazing what the Piru Creek and surrounding Echo Valley ecosystem has to offer.

In this expedition we travel to South Los Padres National forest, 25 miles north of Los Angeles California. This diverse eco-system is situated just outside one of the largest cities in the world, but it's amazing what the Piru Creek and surrounding Echo Valley ecosystem has to offer.