New research reveals a previously underappreciated way old-growth forests have been recycling and storing carbon: Treetop soils. Branches in forest canopies can hold caches of soil that may store substantially more carbon ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 14, 2021
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Fungi tend to be absent in conversations regarding climate change, deforestation, and environmental pollution, overlooked in favor of large and conspicuous plants. But plants don't exist in isolation. Beneath the ground, ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 8, 2021
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When you think about agriculture, what comes to mind? Tractors? Fields of corn? Big red barns? Often we don't think of computers. But computers and technology are playing a huge role in making our food system more sustainable ...
Agriculture
Dec 8, 2021
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When it comes to toxic microbial warfare, the stronger microbe does not always win.
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 7, 2021
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To date, CRISPR enzymes have been used to edit the genomes of one type of cell at a time: They cut, delete or add genes to a specific kind of cell within a tissue or organ, for example, or to one kind of microbe growing in ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 6, 2021
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Humans aren't the only species whose social behaviors can impact their health. New research from The University of Texas at Austin shows that Verreaux's sifaka, a species of wild lemur native to Madagascar, have gut microbes ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 6, 2021
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The natural world is a treasure trove of potentially useful enzymes, hidden in microorganisms living all around us. But finding them is tricky. A team of researchers at NTNU have developed a new method to break open cells ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 24, 2021
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Microbial communities often contain several species that coexist even though they share similar metabolic abilities. How they do so is unclear. Researchers have now developed a model to show that if these species have complementary ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 19, 2021
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Dr. Cathy Williams knew something wasn't right. The veterinarian had felt off for weeks after her 2014 trip to Madagascar.
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 17, 2021
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The largest terrestrial carbon sink on earth is the planet's soil. One of the fears that many scientists have is that a warming planet will liberate significant portions of the soil's carbon, turning it into carbon dioxide ...
Ecology
Nov 15, 2021
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