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Plants & Animals Aug 7, 2024

Disaster plant pathology: Solutions to combat agricultural threats from disasters

An often-overlooked component of natural and human-driven disasters is their potential to affect plant health and thus food security at domestic and international scales. Most disasters have indirect effects on plant health ...

Cell & Microbiology Aug 7, 2024

Researchers create new device for on-the-spot water testing

Researchers at University of Galway have developed a new, portable technology for on-the-spot testing of water quality to detect one of the most dangerous types of bacteria.

Social Sciences Aug 7, 2024

Three forgotten women who wrote fairytales that subverted the Grimms' gender norms

Rapunzel, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty—these well-known stories and others, first published by the Brothers Grimm in Kinder- und Hausmärchen (Children's and Household Tales, 1812), have become shorthand for what we collectively ...

Social Sciences Aug 7, 2024

Is Paris 2024 really achieving its goals for gender equality?

The Paris Olympics has proudly proclaimed to be the first games in 128 years to offer gender equality.

Social Sciences Aug 7, 2024

Middle-aged radicalization: Why are so many of Britain's rioters in their 40s and 50s?

Look closely at the pictures of the violent unrest that has spread across England and Northern Ireland and you will notice something that is not being spoken about. The rioters seen fighting, attacking police and setting ...

Agriculture Aug 7, 2024

Sward diversification more effective for higher yields than some microbial fertilizers

A new scientific paper from Teagasc, UCC and international collaborators has shown diversification of the plant species in swards can be more effective than the application of microbial inoculants in supporting productivity ...

Social Sciences Aug 7, 2024

Report examines Scotland's legal protection for forced marriage victims

A research report that examines Scotland's legal protection for those at risk of forced marriage has been published by the University of Glasgow.

Ecology Aug 7, 2024

Plants show surprising diversity in arid landscape: How livestock grazing impacts drylands

Understanding how plants cope with climatic extremes and grazing pressure is important for reliable predictions about future biodiversity and the functioning of dryland ecosystems.

Astronomy Aug 7, 2024

Observations confirm plasma bubble origin of persistent radio emissions from fast radio bursts

Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) are one of the most recent open mysteries of modern astrophysics. Within a few milliseconds, these powerful events release an immense amount of energy, among the highest observable in cosmic phenomena.

Earth Sciences Aug 7, 2024

Scientists uncover hidden forces causing continents to rise

Scientists at the University of Southampton have answered one of the most puzzling questions in plate tectonics: how and why "stable" parts of continents gradually rise to form some of the planet's greatest topographic features.

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