In view of a growing world population and the issue of global food security, the following number is staggering: According to the German Federal Ministry of Agriculture, 78 kilograms of food are thrown away per capita every ...
Social Sciences
Jun 30, 2023
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Humanity needs to fundamentally change its relationship with nature in order to protect wildlife and enhance the environment.
Environment
Mar 27, 2023
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A recent modeling study shows that bark beetle outbreaks in forests won't necessarily cause bigger and more damaging wildfires—at least not for awhile.
Earth Sciences
Mar 24, 2023
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Cassava is one of the most important crops in the tropics, feeding half a billion people in more than 80 countries. Cassava bacterial blight (CBB) is a devastating disease that causes crop losses worldwide.
Biotechnology
Feb 7, 2023
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Information processing devices such as smartphones are becoming more sophisticated because their information-recording density constantly increases, thanks to advances in microfabrication technology. In recent years, however, ...
Condensed Matter
Jan 24, 2023
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A photograph taken by NASA's Orion spacecraft has given us a new perspective on our home planet.
Astronomy
Dec 9, 2022
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The world is under growing pressure to find sustainable options to cut emissions or lessen the impacts of climate change.
Environment
Nov 29, 2022
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Oceanographers from Bangor University are calling for new research to be done into the environmental impact of turbulence caused by tidal flow past floating deep-water wind farms.
Environment
Sep 26, 2022
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According to satellite observations, Arctic sea ice reached its annual minimum extent on Sept. 18, 2022. The ice cover shrank to an area of 4.67 million square kilometers (1.80 million square miles) this year, roughly 1.55 ...
Planetary Sciences
Sep 22, 2022
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Scientists have constructed the most complete and detailed single-cell map of embryo development in any animal to date, using the fruit fly as a model organism.
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 4, 2022
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