One-third of the Earth's surface is covered by more than 11,000 grass species—including crops like wheat, corn, rice and sugar cane that account for the bulk of the world's agricultural food production and important biofuels. ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 25, 2021
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Genes affect when trees put forth leaves in the spring. Understanding how could help scientists adapt trees to be more resilient to climate change.
Plants & Animals
Mar 22, 2021
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Notwithstanding last month's cold snap in Texas and Louisiana, climate change is leading to warmer winter weather throughout the southern U.S., creating a golden opportunity for many tropical plants and animals to move north, ...
Ecology
Mar 19, 2021
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It's a fact—humans love sugar. For those of us who also like to watch our calories, sugar substitutes can help.
Plants & Animals
Mar 17, 2021
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Lateral gene transfer (LGT) plays a prominent role in the genome evolution and environmental adaptation of prokaryotes.
Biotechnology
Mar 16, 2021
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Researchers have developed a sustainable and economical way to recover oil from ultra-cold industrial wastewater and oil spills.
Materials Science
Mar 11, 2021
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An international team of researchers has used computer simulations to show that it was likely a combination of climate change and human hunting that led to the extinction of the woolly mammoth. They have written a paper describing ...
As many people in the southern U.S. hosted neighbors who had no heat or water during the vicious February storm and deep freeze, Kate Rugroden provided a refuge for shell-shocked bats.
Ecology
Feb 24, 2021
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Recently a pair of researchers with the University of Copenhagen published a paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences describing their work looking into the possibility of changes to the Atlantic Meridional ...
To come into being, galaxies need a steady diet of cold gases to undergo gravitational collapse. The larger the galaxy, the more cold gas it needs to coalesce and to grow.
Astronomy
Feb 24, 2021
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