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Earth Sciences 1 hour ago

Abrupt permafrost thaw found to intensify warming effects on soil CO₂ emission

According to a recent study published in Nature Geoscience, scientists have found that soil carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are more sensitive to climate warming in permafrost-collapsed areas than in non-collapsed areas.

Biotechnology 1 hour ago

Team develops new type of anticoagulant whose action can be rapidly stopped

Anticoagulant treatments are crucial for managing many conditions, such as heart disease, stroke and venous thrombosis. Current options, however, carry an inherent risk of serious bleeding due to trauma or unforeseen events. ...

Agriculture 2 hours ago

Hong Kong team plants seeds to safeguard legacy grains

Far from the soaring skyscrapers synonymous with Hong Kong, scientists and farmers labor in a paddy field on the city's outskirts to revive dormant rice varieties that once sprung from local soil.

Molecular & Computational biology 2 hours ago

Gene seekers discover atypical genes that control multiple valuable soybean traits

A team led by Purdue University soybean geneticist Jianxin Ma has developed a new biotechnological tool for the domestication of desirable traits from wild soybeans, such as resistance to leafhopper insect pests. The use ...

Analytical Chemistry 2 hours ago

B₄C–TiB₂ composite ceramics with adjustable mechanical and electrical properties

In recent years, electro-conductive composite ceramics have gradually become a research hotspot in the functionalization of structural ceramics. However, the improvement of conductivity is generally achieved at the cost of ...

Earth Sciences 2 hours ago

An AI dataset carves new paths to tornado detection

The return of spring in the Northern Hemisphere touches off tornado season. A tornado's twisting funnel of dust and debris seems an unmistakable sight. But that sight can be obscured to radar, the tool of meteorologists. ...

Earth Sciences 13 hours ago

Maps developed with artificial intelligence confirm low levels of phosphorus in Amazonian soil

As the impacts of climate change increasingly affect the daily lives of residents in several countries, including Brazil, the resilience of forests, especially tropical ones such as the Amazon, has become a frequent topic ...

Condensed Matter 13 hours ago

Study finds CsPbBr₃ out-of-phase perovskite helps highly sensitive X-ray detection

A recent study conducted by the research team at Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has introduced a new method for enhancing X-ray detection by incorporating out-of-phase CsPb2Br5 perovskite ...

Optics & Photonics 13 hours ago

Pump-probe high-harmonic spectroscopy could catch geometric phase effect around conical intersection in molecule: Study

A collaborative research team from Nanjing University of Science and Technology (NJUST) and East China Normal University (ECNU) has theoretically proposed that a pump-probe high-harmonic spectroscopy (HHS) driven by VUV-IR ...

Plants & Animals 13 hours ago

Plant science research paves the way for deeper understanding of how the plant immune system functions

Researchers in the laboratory of Tessa Burch-Smith, Ph.D. at the Danforth Plant Science Center and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, are conducting pioneering work to discover how plants transmit information, important ...

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