New strategies to save rice, the world’s most indispensable grain
Plants — they’re just like us, with unique techniques for handling stress. To save one of the most important crops on Earth from extreme...
Native plant gardening for species conservation
Declining native species could be planted in urban green spaces. Researchers now describe how to use this great potential for species protection. They recommend...
New material can ‘capture toxic pollutants from air’
A new material is capable of capturing trace amounts of benzene, a toxic pollutant, from the air and crucially use less energy than existing...
Heavy metal pollution can increase antibiotic resistance in rivers
Scientists have shown that elevated heavy metal levels in rivers can lead to higher levels of antibiotic resistance.
What grasshoppers feed on
Anyone walking past a meadow on a mild summer evening is often exposed to an impressive concert. It is the grasshoppers, bush crickets and...
A first: Scientists grow plants in soil from the Moon
Scientists have, for the first time, grown plants in soil from the Moon. They used soil collected during the Apollo 11, 12 and 17...
Photosynthesis unaffected by increasing carbon dioxide channels in plant membranes
In a recent study,botanists investigated the effects of increasing the amount of carbon dioxide channels in plant membranes, but could not detect any impact...
Exposure to wildfires increases risk of cancer
A new study finds higher incidence of lung cancer and brain tumors in people exposed to wildfires. The study, which tracks over two million...
Cell division in moss and animals more similar than previously thought
For a new plant to grow from a seed, cells need to divide numerous times. Daughter cells can each take on different tasks and...
How the black rat colonized Europe in the Roman and Medieval periods
New ancient DNA analysis has shed light on how the black rat, blamed for spreading Black Death, dispersed across Europe -- revealing that the...
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The extremely rare cave-dwelling albino fish with no eyes, the Mexican blindcat, has previously only been known to exist in Mexico.
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