It's well-known that birds and other animals rely on Earth's magnetic field for long-distance navigation during seasonal migrations.
Plants & Animals
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According to a new paper, ancient Maya reservoirs, which used aquatic plants to filter and clean the water, "can serve as archetypes for natural, sustainable water systems to address future water needs."
Earth Sciences
Oct 9, 2023
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Maize plants form special compounds derived from indole, the so-called benzoxazinoids. They are considered ecologically important because they act against a wide range of herbivores and reduce their feeding. Benzoxazinoids ...
Evolution
Oct 9, 2023
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A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket climbed through the Space Coast skies carrying a pair of prototype satellites to orbit on the first of what's planned to be dozens of launches for Amazon.
Space Exploration
Oct 9, 2023
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With species the world over on the move due to climate change, a unique experiment in the wake of 2017's Hurricane Harvey has revealed a way that species can instantly evolve when they move in response to a climate catastrophe.
Evolution
Oct 9, 2023
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Consumers are increasingly paying for temporary access to products and services through companies like Rent the Runway, Netflix, Airbnb, and Uber—creating an "access-based industry" that's expected to grow to $335 billion ...
Social Sciences
Oct 9, 2023
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A team of researchers from Queen Mary University of London and the University of Campinas in Brazil has found that tropical forest ecosystems are more reliant on aquatic insects than temperate forest ecosystems and are therefore ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 9, 2023
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Recent advances in metabolomics are improving our understanding of the ecological impacts of plant chemical diversity. However, few studies have examined how phytochemical diversity affects herbivore damage at the community ...
Ecology
Oct 9, 2023
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Researchers from Professor Yuan Qin's group at Guangxi University have now harnessed cutting-edge AlphaFold technology to unveil the hidden secrets of sugar transporter proteins, known as SWEET (Sugars Will Eventually be ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Oct 9, 2023
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As an important source organ, leaves are the main site of photosynthesis in plants, and analyzing the developmental process of leaves can help to improve the photosynthetic assimilation capacity of plants.
Plants & Animals
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