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Cherry blossoms to attract tourists to Himachal
Kandyali (HP), Apr 25 (ANI): Farmers in Himachal Pradesh seek to promote the cherry blossom season to attract more tourists to the state.
With the onset of spring, the hills in Kandyali area of Shimla come alive, dotted with hundreds of white flowers blossoming on the cherry trees.
As April [...]
Hillary Clinton’s tryst with ‘God’ in Mexico
Washington, Mar.31 (ANI): During her recent visit to Mexico, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made an unexpected stop at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe and left a bouquet of white flowers “on behalf of the American people,” after asking who [...]
Red flowers use chemical warfare to protect themselves
Sydney, March 19 (ANI): A new study has determined that an Australian native plant is using chemical warfare to prevent its bright red flowers from being eaten, by using some quantity of cyanide.
According to a report by ABC News, the finding challenges conventional thought that flowers evolved as a way for plants to attract birds [...]
Madagascar periwinkle engineered to produce anti-cancer compound
London, Jan 20 (ANI): In a breakthrough study, MIT researchers have successfully engineered plants to produce entirely compounds that can be used as drugs against cancer.
The researchers have genetically altered plants into create chemicals they do not naturally make. The plant-produced compounds include molecules similar to cancer drugs.
“Plants already make compounds for us,” New Scientist [...]
