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Plants & Animals Mar 27, 2024

What makes voatsiperifery the world's best pepper

The triple Michelin-starred chef Anne-Sophie Pic has long been raving about its "complex, woody, tangy and spicy nose." It goes particularly well with pigeon, she says, and also with rhubarb and grapefruit.

Cell & Microbiology Mar 27, 2024

Researchers identify microbes that help plants thwart parasite

Bacteria that could help one of Africa's staple crops resist a major pest have been identified by researchers at the University of California, Davis. Their findings, published in Cell Reports, could improve yields of sorghum, ...

Plants & Animals Mar 1, 2024

Lianas, trees show varied stem xylem structure-function link

The xylem of the plant stem performs several important functions. Elucidating the coordination or trade-offs between xylem functions is critical for understanding plant ecological strategy and adaptation to different environments. ...

Evolution Feb 21, 2024

A botanical Pompeii: Researchers find spectacular Australian plant fossils from 30 million years ago

The Australian continent is now geologically stable. But volcanic rocks, lava flows and a contemporary landscape dotted with extinct volcanoes show this wasn't always the case.

Earth Sciences Feb 14, 2024

Amazon rainforest at a critical threshold: Loss of forest worsens climate change

The Amazon rainforest could approach a tipping point, which could lead to a large-scale collapse with serious implications for the global climate system. A new Nature study by an international research team including scientists ...

Plants & Animals Jan 19, 2024

Vines strangle forests in warm temperatures, threaten planet's cooling 'carbon sink'

As Earth records its hottest year ever, a global research collaboration has found warmer temperatures are a key driver in woody vines taking over the world's forests—threatening their vital role in helping cool the atmosphere ...

Cell & Microbiology Jan 2, 2024

How tomato plants use their roots to ration water during drought

Plants have to be flexible to survive environmental changes, and the adaptive methods they deploy must often be as changeable as the shifts in climate and condition to which they adapt. To cope with drought, plant roots produce ...

Education Jan 2, 2024

Balancing the potentials and pitfalls of AI in college admissions

There is not a typical day in an admissions office according to Ryan Motevalli-Oliner ME '20, associate dean for enrollment operations at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. As a small private school, Kenyon receives approximately ...

Plants & Animals Dec 1, 2023

Can we sustainably harvest trees from tropical forests?

Logging typically degrades tropical forests. But what if logging is carefully planned and carried out by well-trained workers?

Plants & Animals Oct 5, 2023

Fear of human 'super predator' pervades the South African savanna

Research published October 5 in the journal Current Biology finds that mammals living in South Africa's Greater Kruger National Park, home to one of the world's largest remaining lion populations, are far more afraid of hearing ...

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