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Bazzaz has also found that some types of plants, including corn and sugar cane, stop growing faster earlier than weeds and crops such as wheat and soybeans...

Author: By Robert C. Kwong, | Title: Biologist Studies Effects of Carbon Dioxide on Plants | 11/12/1991 | See Source »

Consequently, higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere mean that corn, which is surrounded by a denser growth of weeds, requires more herbicides. Wheat, however, which is more nitrogen-deficient and slightly less healthy, requires higher doses of fertilizer...

Author: By Robert C. Kwong, | Title: Biologist Studies Effects of Carbon Dioxide on Plants | 11/12/1991 | See Source »

...come when gourmands ordering the blue-plate special at their favorite restaurant will be served . . . a plate. An enterprising Asian manufacturer, the Taiwan Sugu Co., last week launched a line of plates and bowls that not only hold food but are food. Fashioned from wheat, they resemble standard disposable dinnerware right down to a glossy finish. What seems to be the world's first edible table setting could be the ultimate in biodegradability -- if humans don't consume their cutlery and plates, wildlife is likely to finish the job. Introduction in American fast-food restaurants is anticipated in perhaps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inventions: Plat Du Jour | 9/23/1991 | See Source »

This is without doubt the most wonderful moment of my research," marveled retired engineer Pat Delgado last week, as he stood in a wheat field near Sevenoaks, in the British county of Kent. "No human could have done this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It Happens in the Best Circles | 9/23/1991 | See Source »

Better medical treatment and health education for African Americans could reduce the black-white mortality gap by an estimated 60%. "We have a whole segment of our population dying unnecessarily, and we're worried about whether to eat oat-bran or wheat-bran muffins," fumes Dr. David Ansell, director of ambulatory screening at Chicago's Cook County Hospital. "It's the medical equivalent of Marie Antoinette's saying 'Let them eat cake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Do Blacks Die Young? | 9/16/1991 | See Source »

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