Monarch butterflies need help, and research shows a little bit of milkweed goes a long way
Monarch butterflies, with their striking orange and black wings, are some of the most recognizable butterflies in North America. But they're in trouble.
Monarch butterflies, with their striking orange and black wings, are some of the most recognizable butterflies in North America. But they're in trouble.
Plants & Animals
Jul 31, 2024
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From coastal redwoods and Joshua trees to golden poppies and sagebrush, California is a global botanical hotspot. It's also a place confronted with extreme heat, wildfires and crumbling coastlines.
Ecology
Jul 29, 2024
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Clean drinking water is a basic demand for our health and well-being. However, as the global population grows, achieving this for all communities worldwide becomes more challenging.
Polymers
Jul 29, 2024
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A team of scientists from Montana State University has provided the first experimental evidence that two new groups of microbes thriving in thermal features in Yellowstone National Park produce methane—a discovery that ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 24, 2024
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Researchers at the University of Cambridge have demonstrated that the plant hormone gibberellin (GA) is essential for the formation and maturation of nitrogen-fixing root nodules in legumes and can also increase nodule size. ...
Biotechnology
Jul 23, 2024
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Every year, Missouri farmers lose millions of dollars in valuable nutrients that wash away into rivers and lakes. These nutrients—nitrates and phosphates found in fertilizers—are crucial for plant growth, but they wreak ...
Biotechnology
Jul 22, 2024
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Brown University biologists who set out to better understand the effects of climate change on plant species in tropical mountain regions found that even small variations in temperature and moisture can have massive impacts, ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 18, 2024
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Northwestern University-led researchers have discovered a new way that nature cycles phosphorus, a finding that uncovers a missing piece of Earth's puzzling phosphorus cycle.
Earth Sciences
Jul 18, 2024
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In a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have provided mechanistic insights into ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 15, 2024
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Plant cold specialists like the spoonworts have adapted well to the cold climates of the Ice Ages. As cold and warm periods alternated, they developed a number of species that also resulted in a proliferation of the genome.
Plants & Animals
Jul 12, 2024
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