How plant stem cells guard against genetic damage
Scientists have shown how plants can protect themselves against genetic damage caused by environmental stresses.
Cell & Microbiology
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Finding plastic-free alternatives to protect young trees
Young trees are usually planted in plastic tubes to protect them from being eaten by animals, but these plastic guards often break down into harmful microplastics.
Environment
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Endangered butterflies get aid in House proposal and drillers pay tab
Endangered butterflies and desert fish would get millions of dollars in federal funding while oil companies would face new fees and a ban on most offshore drilling under a House committee proposal to fulfill key parts of ...
Ecology
Aug 27, 2021
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California builds a 'Noah's Ark' to protect wildlife from extinction by fire and heat
It was just before sunrise in July when the botanists Naomi Fraga and Maria Jesus threw on backpacks and crunched their way across a brittle alkaline flat in the hottest corner of the Mojave Desert. Their mission: to rescue ...
Ecology
Aug 27, 2021
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A reaction that removes sulfur, nitrogen or oxygen atoms from six-membered rings using only blue light
A team of chemists at the University of California, Berkeley, working with a group at Merck & Co. Inc. has developed a reaction that can be used to remove a single sulfur, nitrogen or oxygen atom from a six-membered ring ...
Consequences of the loss of threatened vertebrates
The number of vertebrate species inhabiting the different regions of the world is highly variable, as is the proportion of threatened species. Some regions, such as the tropics, have more threatened species than is expected ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 27, 2021
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New way to investigate the electric double layer effect
Progress in lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries have made all sorts of portable devices feasible and fueled the growth of electronics. However, the intrinsic disadvantages of conventional Li-ion batteries, whose cells use a liquid ...
Materials Science
Aug 27, 2021
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'Super-flexible' electroluminescent devices developed
The future will be colored by "bend-at-will" light sources. A successful research study by a group of South Korean material scientists has proven that this future is not far away. As shown in a recent study published in Advanced ...
Polymers
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Unveiling vehicles and technologies for future space transportation
ESA safeguards Europe's guaranteed access to space through its Future Launchers Preparatory Programme, FLPP.
Space Exploration
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Hubble captures gravity-lensed quasar
Clustered at the center of this image are six luminous spots of light, four of them forming a circle around a central pair. Appearances can be deceiving, however, as this formation is not composed of six individual galaxies, ...
Astronomy
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