Falling levels of air pollution drove decline in California’s tule fog
The Central Valley's heavy wintertime tule fog -- known for snarling traffic and closing schools -- has been on the decline over the past...
Scant amounts of DNA reveal conservation clues
The challenges of collecting DNA samples directly from endangered species makes understanding and protecting them harder. A new approach promises cheap, rapid analysis of...
More than dozen wild bee species declining in Northeastern U.S.
Researchers have found a dramatic decline of 14 wild bee species that are, among other things, important across the Northeast for the pollination of...
New wasps named after biscuits and Doctor Who aliens
Researchers were inspired by everything from chocolate biscuits and Doctor Who aliens when choosing names for 10 new species of wasps.
Current methods may inadequately measure health impacts from oil, natural gas extraction
Measurements of hazardous air pollutant concentrations near oil and natural gas extraction sites have generally failed to capture levels above standard health benchmarks; yet,...
Rusted root: Weedy rice repeatedly evolves ‘cheater’ root traits
Researchers have used a new imaging technique to reveal a takeover strategy that has worked for weedy rice over and over again: roots that...
Science-based guidelines for building a bee-friendly landscape
Many resources encourage homeowners and land care managers to create bee-friendly environments, but most of them include lists of recommended plants rarely backed by...
Scientists develop methods to validate gene regulation networks
A team of biologists and computer scientists has mapped out a network of interactions for how plant genes coordinate their response to nitrogen, a...
Ready, steady, go: Steps in plant immune receptor activation
Two landmark studies provide unprecedented structural insight into how plant immune receptors are primed -- and then activated -- to provide plants with resistance...
The holm oak transcriptome is rebuilt, a key step towards understanding its biology
This research is a starting point in order to comprehend how this tree behaves during situations of stress at a molecular level.
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