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Economics & Business 1 hour ago

Sugar in baby food: Why Nestlé needs to be held to account in Africa

Nestlé has been criticized for adding sugar and honey to infant milk and cereal products sold in many poorer countries. The Swiss food giant controls 20% of the baby-food market, valued at nearly US$70 billion.

Molecular & Computational biology 3 hours ago

First chromosome-level reference genomes of the ornamental banana and pink banana

The genus Musa, encompassing approximately 70 herbaceous species, is predominantly found in the tropical and subtropical regions of Asia and Oceania. This genus is renowned for being one of the most important food crops globally ...

Environment 6 hours ago

Africa's megacities threatened by heat, floods, disease—action needed to start greening, adapt to climate change

Cities cover just 3% of the planet. But they emit 78% of all global greenhouse gas emissions, absorb 80% of final global energy (what consumers use) and consume 60% of clean drinking water.

Archaeology 6 hours ago

The story of the first Alor people adapting to climate change 43,000 years ago

As humans, our greatest evolutionary advantage has always been our ability to adapt and innovate. When people first reached the expanded coastline of Southeast Asia around 65,000 years ago, and faced the sea crossings necessary ...

Bio & Medicine 8 hours ago

Bioelectronic chip detects vitamins C and D in saliva in under 20 minutes

Researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil have developed a bioelectronic chip that simultaneously detects vitamins C and D in body fluids. It is flexible and easy to see and can be adapted for use in a wearable ...

Economics & Business Apr 23, 2024

Firms learn more from 'knowledge-gap' failures than mere 'slip-ups,' says study

A study co-written by a team of University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign business scholars and published in Organization Science finds that organizational learning from failures can vary significantly based on two factors: ...

Ecology Apr 23, 2024

Study finds climate change is helping tropical fish invade Australian ocean water

A University of Adelaide study of shallow-water fish communities on rocky reefs in south-eastern Australia has found climate change is helping tropical fish species invade temperate Australian waters. The work is published ...