Researchers find a promising way to outwit mosquitoes
Mosquitoes are brilliant at two things – bringing misery to humans and quickly spoiling all efforts to shut them down.
Mosquitoes are brilliant at two things – bringing misery to humans and quickly spoiling all efforts to shut them down.
Ecology
Sep 18, 2017
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A collaborative study led by archaeologists, geneticists and museum curators is providing answers to previously unsolved questions about life in sub-Saharan Africa thousands of years ago. The results were published online ...
Archaeology
May 30, 2019
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Biochar—a charcoal-like substance made primarily from agricultural waste products—holds promise for removing emerging contaminants such as pharmaceuticals from treated wastewater.
Environment
Nov 16, 2020
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Believing in witchcraft is a salient feature of daily life in many parts of the world. In worst-case scenarios, such beliefs lead to murder, and they may also cause destruction of property or societal ostracism of the accused ...
Economics & Business
May 10, 2016
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Morocco has a large fertilizer industry with huge production capacity and international reach. It is one of the world's top four fertilizer exporters following Russia, China and Canada.
Economics & Business
Jul 11, 2022
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A new interdisciplinary study published in the journal Science Advances reports on 20 newly sequenced ancient genomes from sub-Saharan Africa, including the first genomes from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Botswana, ...
Archaeology
Jun 12, 2020
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With the global population rising, analysts and policymakers have targeted Africa's vast wet savannas as a place to produce staple foods and bioenergy groups at low environmental costs. But a new report published in the journal ...
Environment
Mar 16, 2015
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Sub-Saharan Africa is developing rapidly with its rich resources although still lags behind those developing regions that are hard on the heels of the developed nations. New research published in the International Journal ...
Economics & Business
May 28, 2021
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Above the sacks of seeds and coal, three kerosene lamps gather dust in the tiny shed that Kenyan chicken farmer Bernard calls home.
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 21, 2016
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Richer countries must increase climate support for African nations as accelerating impacts of global warming sicken and kill hundreds of thousands every year across the continent, scores of scientific health journals warned ...
Environment
Oct 19, 2022
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