Local seaweed a bug blaster
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CHEMICALS in a Victorian seaweed could shut down bacteria that cause golden staph and cholera. The chemicals in seaweed Delisea pulchra, known as furanones, do not kill the bacteria but shut off the ability for the bacteria to send signals to each other.
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State agriculture officials are asking Oregonians to keep an eye out for suspicious insects, after an exotic pest from Asia was spotted in a Portland neighborhood.
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By Kie Relyea, The Bellingham Herald, Wash.  Feb. 23--If you're beachcombing in the dark, you have to tread lightly and look carefully.   Otherwise, you might accidentally step on the pale parchment tube worms sticking up through the sand at Wildcat Cove at Larrabee State Park.
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The genetic map of a type of teeny-weeny ocean algae could have a big impact on how scientists try to protect the Earth&#39;s oceans from greenhouse gases.
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A voracious Australian moth is threatening to infest one of the nationâs most important agricultural regions.
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Blog: Imperium and Solazyme want to put algae in the tank. Stay tuned for when
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CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - It's best not to get between a predator and its prey - especially when they're in the passenger seat of your golf cart. Water plant worker Mitch Walter would offer that bit of advice and bears the scratches of one who speaks from experience.
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By Mary Lane Gallagher, The Bellingham Herald, Wash.  Feb.
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bug text As worms proliferated through the first half of the year, attacks gained in sophistication. Also: A start-up fights zombies.
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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. _ I was happy to see the label "poisonous" on the plant Brugmansia when I visited a garden center in the other day. I applaud them for letting the public know _ especially shoppers who have curious small children or pets.
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By Brent Champaco, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Feb. 15--Lucinda Wingard says she's noticed the toll humans are taking on the Crescent Valley Watershed of Gig Harbor.   She lives in the area that scientists consider one of the most biologically diverse in Pierce County.
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FRESNO, Calif. -- First, the state doused coastal communities with a pesticide aimed at a crop-eating moth that could cause billions of dollars in damage.
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An algae bloom that has fouled waters off the Florida Keys has moved into Biscayne Bay.  Brian Gwilliams, a fishing guide, told the Miami Herald he has seen the algae in the southern part of the bay.  One weekend, I was in Midnight Pass and it was crystal clear, he said.
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By Angie Toole, Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach  Jun.
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Ocean researchers are conducting studies on New Jersey's bays, which have been beset by algae whose growth is fostered by fertilizers and other pollution. "The stuff is growing like wildfire," said Michael Kennish, a Rutgers University professor studying the effects of the algae and pollution that spawns it.
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By JULIE YOUNG  Antonia FD Vassar munched on a crisp sugar-snap pea and surveyed her ripening front yard.  Little stone walkways wind around garden beds of varying shapes and sizes. An early morning sun drenches lettuces, peas, kale, strawberries, carrots and beets.
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First, the state doused coastal communities with a pesticide aimed at a crop-eating moth that could cause billions of dollars in damage.