Mosses, liverworts, ferns and algae may offer an exciting new research frontier in the global challenge of protecting crops from the threat of disease.
Biotechnology
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The desert moss Syntrichia caninervis is a promising candidate for Mars colonization thanks to its extreme ability to tolerate harsh conditions lethal to most life forms. The moss is well known for its ability to tolerate ...
Space Exploration
Jul 1, 2024
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On TikTok and Instagram, people are "girl mossing": lying on a forest floor, staring up at a leafy canopy or caressing moss. The United States National Forest Foundation even borrowed the term to kick off its 2024 Instagram ...
Social Sciences
Jun 6, 2024
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You've seen the sun, but you've never seen the sun like this. This single frame from a video captured by ESA's Solar Orbiter mission shows the sun looking very fluffy! You can see feathery, hair-like structures made of plasma ...
Astronomy
May 3, 2024
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Did you know the sun has moss? Due to its resemblance to the earthly plants, scientists have named a small-scale, bright, patchy structure made of plasma in the solar atmosphere "moss." This moss, which was first identified ...
Astronomy
Apr 17, 2024
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A Chinese team of life scientists, microbiologists, plant researchers and seed designers has developed a way to grow engineered moss with partially synthetic genes. In their project, reported in the journal Nature Plants, ...
Back in 2020, a grim picture of nature in the European Union emerged.
Ecology
Dec 8, 2023
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Approximately 12,000 species of mosses exist and cover close to 4 million square miles of earth, equivalent to the size of Canada, and are ecologically and evolutionarily important. Mosses play an essential role in rainwater ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 14, 2023
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A 390-million-year-old moss called Takakia lives in some of Earth's most remote places, including the icy cliffs of the Tibetan Plateau. In a decade-long project, a team of scientists climbed some of the tallest peaks in ...
Evolution
Aug 9, 2023
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The Antarctic continent conjures visions of white ice and blue sky. But not far from Australia's Casey Station, 3,880km due south of Perth, moss beds emerge verdant and green.
Ecology
May 31, 2023
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