A newly discovered, naturally occurring metabolite that promotes growth in rice plants and thwarts infestation by a common parasitic plant could help improve global food security, say KAUST researchers. Plant scientists are ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 7, 2019
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Scientists working in a range of disciplines joined forces to identify a new approach to combat African sleeping sickness. Fundamental research undertaken under the supervision of Professor Ute Hellmich of Johannes Gutenberg ...
Biochemistry
Feb 21, 2019
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A new publication, led by experts from the Natural Resources Institute (NRI, University of Greenwich) and the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice), calls for effective national regulatory capacities to monitor the import, marketing ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 30, 2019
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The quest for climate scientists to be able to bridge the gap between shorter-term seasonal forecasts and long-term climate projections is coming of age, a study shows.
Earth Sciences
Jan 22, 2019
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Plants convert sunlight into energy through photosynthesis; however, most crops on the planet are plagued by a photosynthetic glitch, and to deal with it, evolved an energy-expensive process called photorespiration that drastically ...
Biotechnology
Jan 3, 2019
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Pollutants from wild fires affect crop and vegetation growth hundreds of kilometres from impact zone, research shows
Environment
Dec 21, 2018
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Few inventions have had a greater impact on our daily lives, and especially on the food we eat, than refrigeration.
Environment
Dec 20, 2018
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Researchers at LSTM have used a bioinformatics approach to integrate information from multiple studies on insecticide resistance in mosquitoes and uncovered a number of important resistance mechanisms that had not previously ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 11, 2018
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Most African countries have made strong progress in achieving major development goals in the last few years. Despite this much needed progress, the past decade has seen flooding damage or destroy much of this same infrastructure, ...
Environment
Nov 30, 2018
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Globally, 1 in 18,000 people have albinism. In sub-Saharan Africa it's more common, with data from Tanzania showing that 1 person in 2,652 has albinism. According to Standing Voice, an international non-governmental organisation ...
Education
Nov 21, 2018
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