Researchers at the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology and the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research have revealed a mechanism involving protein aggregation that allows bacteria to enter a dormant state, a phenomenon ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 27, 2025
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While floating solar—the emerging practice of putting solar panels on bodies of water—is promising in its efficiency and its potential to spare agricultural and conservation lands, a new experiment finds environmental trade-offs.
Environment
Jan 27, 2025
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A research team at Clarkson University recently published a study about a plant-based alternative to traditional chemical methods of combating Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs).
Biochemistry
Jan 27, 2025
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A study reveals that fire emissions in the Amazon and Cerrado are largely driven by the smoldering combustion of woody debris. This crucial discovery highlights the significant influence of fuel characteristics on fire emissions, ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 27, 2025
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Nudging with carbon footprint labeling and product categorization motivates online shoppers to select plant-based foods, according to new research published by agricultural economists at Purdue University and the University ...
Social Sciences
Jan 27, 2025
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Redox enzymes are proteins that catalyze oxidation-reduction reactions, which involve the transfer of electrons between molecules. Redox enzymes are crucial in bioelectrochemical devices, such as biosensors or biofuel cells. ...
Biochemistry
Jan 27, 2025
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A research team has discovered that achiral hard banana-shaped particles can spontaneously form exotic structures like skyrmions and blue phase III phases. Skyrmions are tiny vortex-like structures found in various condensed-matter ...
Condensed Matter
Jan 27, 2025
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If you're like many Americans, you probably didn't take all your vacation time this past year. Even if you did, it's highly likely you didn't fully unplug while off the clock. But you might want to change that if you want ...
Social Sciences
Jan 27, 2025
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Plant pests such as bacteria and fungi lead to significant yield losses in agriculture. In order to develop new strategies against such pathogens, understanding the plant's immune response is of central importance.
Plants & Animals
Jan 27, 2025
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Chicken consumption has doubled in the U.S. since 1980, breezing past beef in 2010. But nearly three-quarters of production costs in the industry are bound up in what the birds eat.
Agriculture
Jan 27, 2025
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