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43English ALANBAA Thursday, 19 June, 2014 Science Sport Genetic secrets of eucalyptus Hey ref, can I have tree revealed a haircut? AFP - A dancing chem- School maths teacher, ist, a British bobby and American Mark Geiger doppelganger for a Hol- shouldn›t have any prob- lywood star, a Swedish lems adding up the yellow millionaire, and a hair cards -- unlike Brazil›s salon owner are all play- Sandro Ricci. ing a central role at this He made the fatal error year›s World Cup. of dishing out a second These are just some booking but failing to send of the varied off-pitch the recipient off in a do- personas of the 25 ref- mestic league game. erees attempting to keep Ricci made history at things rolling smoothly the World Cup on Sun- as players from all cor- day by awarding the first ners of the globe collide score by goal-line tech- in Brazil. nology to France against Chip away at the gran- Honduras. Reuters - Eucalyptus leaves are pulp and paper production.” ite-like veneer of the man He›s also an old the main food supply for Australia’s Also called gum trees, eucalyp- in the middle and there›s sentimentalist. koalas, but there is a lot more to the tus trees have grown for tens of mil- a treasure trove of weird «Before each game,» tree than that. lions of years across the Australian and wonderful aspects he explains, «I take off It is native to Australia but has be- landscape, and are closely identified of humanity waiting to against Ivory Coast on Away from football, my ring and kiss it four come the world’s most widely planted with that continent. The koala, one be unearthed. Thursday. the former PE teacher is times in honour of the hardwood tree. The eucalyptus tree of Australia’s characteristic marsu- Take Noumandiez Howard Webb, handed at home behind the pul- four women in my life -- is a source of timber, fuel, cellulose pials, munches its leaves. Its wood Doue for example. the honour of refereeing pit delivering sermons in my mother, my wife and and medicinal and industrial oils, and also is used in making the Australian He created history the 2010 World Cup fi- his capacity as a Protes- my two daughters. scientists are looking to maximize aboriginal wind instruments called when he became the first nal, says his colleagues tant preacher in a church Referees let off steam in its potential in biofuels. didgeridoos. referee from the Ivory compare him to a Hol- outside Mexico City. different ways -- Bahrain›s An international team of research- Eucalyptus trees, with their speedy Coast to take charge of a lywood star. Players needing a short Nawaf Shukralla for in- ers this week unveiled the genetic growth rate and exceptional wood and World Cup game, Chile›s «But unfortunately not back and sides -- Mar- stance may well head to blueprint of the tree species Euca- fiber properties, are now grown in about second day 3-1 win over a good looking one,» he ouane Fellaini? -- need Rio›s iconic Copacabana lyptus grandis and identified among 100 countries on six continents. Australia. admitted. look no further than Bjorn beach after a tough day at its 36,000-plus genes the ones in- Some scientists see great poten- As well as being one «They say I look like Kuipers. the World Cup office. volved in critical biological pro- tial in these trees as a biomass ener- of Africa›s top officials Shrek, which explains The Dutchman who «When I want to leave cesses controlling tree growth and gy crop. The study identified genes the 43-year-old is a qual- why I have a picture of refereed Real Madrid›s everything behind me, wood formation, flowering and oth- controlling the final steps for the pro- ified chemist, «and I like him as a screensaver on Champions League fi- I always go the sea,» er qualities. duction of cellulose and “hemi-cel- to dance». my mobile.» nal win over Atletico last the legal researcher “The main interest is understand- lulose”, both carbohydrates that can Any hard-up players House burgled? Car month owns a hair sa- disclosed. ing how these trees grow so fast and be used for biofuel production. taking part in the Unit- pranged? Then Cuneyt lon as well as a couple Last but not least, step how they are able to produce such “A major determinant of indus- ed States› victory over Cakir›s your man -- the of grocery stores back forward Felix Brych. large amounts of cellulose,” scientist trial processing efficiency lies in the Ghana on Monday should Turkish referee practic- in Holland. The German lawyer Zander Myburg of the University of composition and cross-linking of bio- have tapped up their ref, es as an insurance bro- Meanwhile it might be gained notoriety in the Pretoria’s Forestry and Agricultural polymers in the thick secondary cell Jonas Eriksson. ker back in Istanbul, that best not to mess with Ba- Bundesliga last season Biotechnology Institute said in a tele- walls of woody fibers. Our analysis The Swede is known is when he›s not turning kary Papa Gassama. when awarding Bayer phone interview on Thursday. provides a much more comprehen- as «the laid-back mil- the pages of a Stephen The first Gambian to Leverkusen›s infamous “There’s an interest in cellulose in sive understanding of the genetic con- lionaire» after making King chiller. referee at the World Cup «phantom» goal. the context of breaking the cellulose trol of carbon allocation towards cell a seven-figure fortune Any Belgians or Al- is a devotee in his spare And he probably spoke down into sugars, which can be fer- wall biopolymers in woody plants selling shares in a me- gerians of a religious na- time of buri, a Gambian for his work colleagues mented into biofuels. But really these - a crucial step toward the develop- dia rights business. ture in Tuesday›s clash take on wrestling. everywhere when he urged trees are widely used industrially for ment of future biomass crops,” Tus- A Yorkshire police- in Belo Horizonte will «I›m not really very fans to always remem- cellulose-related products and timber, kan said in a statement. man will be keeping law have found a kindred good at it but like to do ber: «We are referees, and order in Colombia›s spirit in their referee -- it as a hobby.» but we are also normal second Group C run out Marco Rodriguez. As a former High people.» Health Medicine Sitting too long increases risk of certain cancers New tooth decay treatment UPI -New research suggests be- addition of exercise did not counter- ing sedentary for long periods of act the negative impacts of exces- could be the end otf fillings time increases the risk of develop- sive sedentary time. ing certain cancers. «Cutting down on TV viewing UPI -No more loud Researchers hope the To tease out the relationship be- and sedentary time is just as im- drills plunged into the treatment can be em- tween sitting and certain types of portant as becoming more active,» mouths and teeth of those ployed commercially cancers, researchers analyzed re- said Daniela Schmid, study co-au- sitting petrified in dental within three years. sults from 43 existing health stud- thor and researcher at the Universi- chairs. The painful fill- «The way we treat ies, including stats and observations ty of Regensburg in Germany. «For ings process may be no teeth today is not ide- on 4 million study participants and those whose jobs require them to more, thanks to a new al,» said Professor Nigel 68,936 cancer cases. sit at a desk most of the day, we tooth decay treatment Pitts, who helped develop In their analysis, researchers found recommend breaking up the time developed by dentists the technique at King›s just for every additional two hours spent sitting by incorporating short in London. College London›s Den- of sitting each day the risk of colon bouts of light activity into the dai- Currently, tooth decay tal Institute. «When we cancer went up 8 percent. The same ly routine.» is remedied by excising repair a tooth by putting amount of additional sitting lead to Previous studies have arrived at the tainted enamel us- in a filling, that tooth a 10 percent increase in the risk of similar conclusions. Researchers are ing a drill and scalpel. enters a cycle of drill- endometrial cancer and a 6 percent still trying to understand what it is The cavity is then filled ing and refilling as, ul- increase in the risk of lung cancer. about sitting -- whether at the office -- hence the term «fill- timately, each ‹repair› The results of the multi-study sur- desk or on the couch in front of the ings» -- with amalgam fails.» vey were detailed in the latest edi- TV -- that is so harmful. or composite resin. Although the treat- tion of the Journal of the National For now, all researchers can say But dentists at Kings ment has only recently Cancer Institute. is: be more active, sit less. College London have demonstrated its promise, The important takeaway, the au- «This recommendation is not lim- developed a technique eralisation, or EAER next, a tiny electric cur- Reminova Ltd, a compa- thors of the study said, is that sit- ited to people at risk but also applies that encourages the tooth for short. rent -- naturally acceler- ny based in Perth, Scot- ting itself is a problem, not necessar- to the general population,» Schmid to repair itself, called The two-step process ates the influx of calcium land, has already been ily the lack of exercise.

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