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Wally, the corpse flower at IU's Bloomington Biology Building Greenhouse, is expected to bloom this weekend. What a smell!
Wheat stem rust resistance gene Sr6 -mediated resistance is enhanced at lower temperatures whereas Sr13 and Sr21 resistances are enhanced at higher temperatures. Here, the authors clone Sr6 and ...
The promise of stem cell therapy is powerful. Scientists can draw versatile cells from the human body and deliver them to repair injuries and fight disease from the inside out. But not all stem ...
STEM education research focuses on improving how students, from preschool to university, are trained in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Sophie Park for The New York Times ...
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AMES, Iowa — Reiman Gardens in Ames is inviting the public to experience the “dark side of the bloom” when their corpse flower named Stink Floyd blooms in just a couple of weeks. The Amorphophallus ...
Why is it called a ‘corpse flower’? The corpse flower, native to the Indonesian island of Sumatra, gets its name from the literal translation of the Indonesian phrase Bunga bangkai. Its species name, ...
The corpse flower stores its energy in a swollen base at the stem –called a corm–that weighs about 100 pounds. Corpse flowers have the largest known corm in the plant kingdom.
Like Wally, the devil’s tongue sprouts from a corm, an underground, tuber-like stem. When in bloom, the plant’s spadix (the purple spire in the center) heats up to around 70 degrees, emitting ...
Rare plant grower Caleb Bird with the flowering Amorphophallus Titanum or Corpse Flower. A rare corpse flower, Amorphophallus Titanum, famed for its size and distinctive smell, has bloomed in a ...
STEM toys are a fantastic way to combine fun and learning, sparking curiosity and creativity in children of all ages. Whether shopping for science gifts for kids or searching for activities that ...