Water regulation in leaves is vital to a plant's health, affecting its growth and yield, disease susceptibility and drought resistance.
Nanophysics
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Left- or right-handedness is a symmetry property that many macroscopic objects also exhibit and which is of immense importance, particularly for the bioactivity of organic molecules. Chirality is also relevant for physical ...
Quantum Physics
Jun 3, 2021
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A new study looking at the benefits of good farmer seed production suggests women need more support to participate in contract farming—to the same extent as their male counterparts—and have more equality along the whole ...
Agriculture
Jun 3, 2021
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One of the world's most endangered whale species could have added protection from threats posed by human marine activity, through technology developed by the University of East Anglia (UEA).
Ecology
Jun 3, 2021
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Bears are known for being devoted and protective of their baby cubs, but research from the University of New Hampshire shows that they may also play a significant role in shielding gray fox from predators like coyotes, who ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 3, 2021
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A new study by ecologist André de Roos shows that differences between juveniles and adults of the same species are crucial for the stability of complex ecological communities. The research, published in Proceedings of the ...
Ecology
Jun 3, 2021
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Research involving scientists from the University of A Coruña has succeeded in sequencing the oldest mitochondrial genome of the immediate ancestor of modern cows that has been analyzed to date. The remains, some 9,000 years ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Jun 3, 2021
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To limit the impacts of climate change it is essential to predict them as accurately as possible. Regional Climate Models are high-resolution models of the Earth's climate that are able to improve simulations of extreme weather ...
Earth Sciences
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When saber-toothed tigers, woolly mammoths and giant sloths roamed North America during the last Ice Age about 18,000 to 80,000 years ago, the Gulf Coast's climate was only slightly cooler, more similar to regions to the ...
Environment
Jun 3, 2021
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Viruses can spread not only via droplets or aerosols like the new coronavirus, but in water, too. In fact, some potentially dangerous pathogens of gastrointestinal diseases are water-borne viruses.
Bio & Medicine
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