Hacking isn't just for computers and smart phones. According to a study, scientists have found a way to hack a plant's genes in order to make it use sunlight more quickly. Someday, the results could increase the number of food produced around the world.
Scientists used tobacco plants in the study because it is easy to change the plants' genes. Hacked plants are larger than normal plants.
Photosynthesis is the word used to describe how plants use sunlight, water and carbon dioxide to make their own food. Scientists say this is a very slow process. Plants use less than 1 percent of the energy. But by hacking a plant's genes, the scientists were able to increase the amount of leaf growth on plants between 14 and 20 percent. Scientists hacked the plant's protective system. Normally, this system starts when a plant gets too much sunlight. When the plant senses the light, it creates more leaves. When the plant is in shade, the protective system is turned off. But the process is slow.
The new study sped up the process by changing the plant's genes, the protective system turned on and off more quickly than normal. As a result, leaf growth on the plants scientists used in the study increased. Leaf growth on two plants increased by 20 percent, while leaf growth on a third plant increased by 14 percent. Scientists conducted the study on tobacco plants. But they think the genetic changes would produce the same results in corn and rice.
Agriculture professor Tala Awanda said the study makes sense, but cautioned the yield(产量)might not be quite so high for conventional food crops. Still, she added in an email, "this study remains a breakthrough,"
减少脑血管病危害的最好办法就是预防脑血管病发生!幸运的是,_________。当前,有20多种脑血管病的危险因素被识别。( ),就可以做到“四两拨千斤”,将罹患脑血管病的风险降至最低。吸烟和饮酒是患脑血管病的重要危险因素。专家建议,吸烟者应戒烟,不吸烟者也应避免被动吸烟。至于饮酒方面,有一种流行的观点认为:_________,特别是红酒,少酌有益健康。然而,目前还没有充分证据表明少量饮酒可以预防脑血管病。研究结果显示:饮酒不能带来任何健康获益,反而是全球范围内导致中青年(15~49岁)男性死亡的头号杀手!因此,_________,没有饮酒习惯者更不要为了预防脑血管病而饮酒。
冲上圆弧轨道,恰好能滑到轨道最高点,然后滑回轨道底端.已知M=2m.,则下列判断正确的是( )
D . 小滑块回到圆弧轨道底端时,速度大小为
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第一周期 | 1 H | 2 He | ||||||
第二周期 | 3 Li | 4 Be | 5 B | 6 C | 7 N | 8 O | 9 F | 10 Ne |
第三周期 | 11 Na | 12Mg | 13 Al | 14 Si | 15 P | 16 | 17Cl | 18 Ar |
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2)倡议的具体内容(至少两点);
3)再次倡议。
注意:1)词数100左右;
2)可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
参考词汇:世界环保月 World Environment Month
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材料一、中国新闻网报道,2033年前后,中国总人口的总量高峰将保持在15亿左右;在较长一段时期,保持人口总生育率在1.8%左右。如果生育率保持在20世纪70年代初的水平,现有总人口将超过17亿。那么中国人均土地、水资源、森林、能源等都要比现在的人均拥有量降低20%以上。
材料二、据《北京市2017年国民经济和社会发展统计公报》显示,2017年末,全市常住人口2170.7万人。其中,常住外来人口794.3万人,占常住人口的比重为36.6%。综合经济实力稳步提升,全市地区生产总值达到2.8万亿元,按常住人口计算,人均地区生产总值由2016年的11.8万元提高到12.9万元。
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