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Team develops a technique to detect nutrients in soil faster and more affordably
Every year, Missouri farmers lose millions of dollars in valuable nutrients that wash away into rivers and lakes. These nutrients—nitrates and phosphates found in fertilizers—are crucial for plant growth, but they wreak ...
Biotechnology
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Octopus and squid pigments enhance sunscreen without harming the environment, researchers say
When Northeastern graduate Camille Martin and associate professor Leila Deravi co-founded Seaspire, a skincare ingredients company inspired by pigment in octopus and squid, their goal was to create a product that is good ...
Biotechnology
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Two new hillstream suck-loach species discovered in southwest China
Researchers from Shanghai Ocean University and Yunnan Agricultural University have identified two new species of hillstream suck-loach, Beaufortia granulopinna and Beaufortia viridis, from the upper Pearl River system in ...
Ecology
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Biologists discover male elephants use infrasonic rumbles to signal 'let's go'
Bull elephants gather in the evening coolness to drink. After a spell, a senior male lifts his head and turns from the waterhole. With ears flapping gently, he lets out a deep, resonant rumble.
Plants & Animals
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Understanding how a red seaweed reduces methane emissions from cows
Methane is the second-largest contributor to climate warming after carbon dioxide, and so scientists have put a lot of attention toward addressing one of the top sources: methane emissions from livestock. In other words, ...
Cell & Microbiology
2 hours ago
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Transient structure in fly leg holds clue to insect shape formation
A little leg may reveal something big about how closely related insect species can drastically differ in body shape, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of Tokyo.
Plants & Animals
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Birds need entertainment during avian flu lockdowns
Scientists have studied a flock of Chilean flamingos that were kept indoors due to a government order to stop the spread of avian influenza and found that birds need varied activities during avian flu lockdowns.
Ecology
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Not everything that tastes bitter is potentially harmful—but why?
A bitter taste is traditionally considered a warning sign of potentially toxic substances. But not all bitter substances are harmful. For example, some peptides and free amino acids taste bitter, even though they are non-toxic, ...
Molecular & Computational biology
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Ecologists discover rare fiddler crab species on Hong Kong coast
Researchers from the School of Biological Sciences (SBS) and the Swire Institute of Marine Science (SWIMS) at The University of Hong Kong (HKU), in collaboration with National Chung Hsing University, have made an exciting ...
Plants & Animals
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Chimpanzees gesture back and forth quickly like in human conversations, researchers find
When people are having a conversation, they rapidly take turns speaking and sometimes even interrupt. Now, researchers who have collected the largest ever dataset of chimpanzee "conversations" have found that they communicate ...
Plants & Animals
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Smell of human stress can affect dogs' emotions, leading them to make more pessimistic choices
Dogs experience emotional contagion from the smell of human stress, leading them to make more 'pessimistic' choices, new research finds. The University of Bristol-led study, published in Scientific Reports on 22 July, is ...
Plants & Animals
9 hours ago
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Scientists uncover fundamental rules for how dengue virus infects its mosquito and human hosts
Mosquito-borne viral infections once confined to tropical regions are spreading. Dengue virus infects up to 400 million people worldwide each year according to World Health Organization estimates, and no available treatments ...
Molecular & Computational biology
9 hours ago
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Genetic breeding offers new method for mosquito population control
Virginia Tech researchers have found a new way to identify genetic targets useful for control of mosquito populations, potentially offering an alternative to insecticides.
Plants & Animals
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Eco-friendly treatment saves squid eggs from newfound parasite
Raising squid in aquaculture has been a challenge that researchers have tried to address for many decades without meaningful success. Squid are highly sensitive to changes in water flow, are vulnerable to disease, have complex ...
Ecology
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It's not just humans—bacteria also have memory, study suggests
A recent study led by Dr. Ilana Kolodkin-Gal from the Scojen Institute for Synthetic Biology at Reichman University has found that beneficial bacteria, such as Bacillus subtilis—which is used, among other things, as a probiotic ...
Cell & Microbiology
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Museum collections indicate Central Europe was a global biodiversity hotspot 15 million years ago
The collections of natural history museums are unique archives of evolution. They allow us to look far into the geological past. Shells of marine snails are particularly common fossils and are well suited to reconstructing ...
Paleontology & Fossils
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Bugs thrive in urban Los Angeles—volunteers' traps reveal biodiversity hot spots for city insects and spiders
The most significant predictors of bug biodiversity in Los Angeles are proximity to the mountains and temperature stability throughout the year, according to a study we co-authored with Brian V. Brown of the Los Angeles Natural ...
Plants & Animals
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Researchers work to change perception of weeds in Georgia
With ecology as common ground, Mario Bretfeld, Michael Blackwell, and Eric Duncan have taken on a bit of a marketing project. They want people to love weeds.
Plants & Animals
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False stereotypes mean endangered animals are being protected in the wrong places, say researchers
Giant pandas reclining in cloudy hills eating bamboo, European bison picking their way through gloomy and lichen-draped forests and Cape mountain zebra roaming arid mountains. Ideas of how and where these species live are ...
Plants & Animals
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Reframing sustainable timber sourcing: New research calls for regenerative approach
Amid growing uncertainty about the sustainability of timber sourcing, new research by University of Bristol experts highlights the necessity of shifting focus from simply using certified, locally sourced timber to a more ...
Ecology
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