Pressures such as population growth, urbanization, and land degradation are straining the global agrifood system, the network connecting all steps of the food supply chain from growing crops in the field to waste elimination ...
Ecology
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Cell & Microbiology
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Plants & Animals
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Researchers at DTU Biosustain (The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability at DTU) have developed a new tool that significantly accelerates and simplifies the genetic engineering of yeast strains used in industrial ...
Cell & Microbiology
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Agriculture
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Plants & Animals
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Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics have developed a novel synthetic micropeptide termed the "killswitch" to selectively immobilize proteins within cellular condensates, unveiling crucial connections ...
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Ecology
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Scientists have discovered that juniper berries—the key botanical giving gin its distinctive taste—vary dramatically depending on where they're grown and weather conditions at harvest, potentially affecting the U.K.'s ...
Ecology
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Oh no! You dropped your keys on the ground, and it is too dark to see them. You might have to feel the ground with your hands, but a mouse could use its whiskers to find the keys.
Plants & Animals
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