Newly discovered millipede, Nannaria hokie, lives at Virginia Tech
Hearing the words "new species discovered" may conjure images of deep caves, uncharted rainforests, or hidden oases in the desert. But the reality is...
Researchers discover how to control zinc in plants: Could help the world’s malnourished
Over 2 billion people worldwide are malnourished due to zinc deficiency. Researchers show how plants sense zinc and biologists use this knowledge to enhance...
Cutting-edge analysis of prehistoric teeth sheds new light on the diets of lizards and...
New research has revealed that the diets of early lizards and snakes, which lived alongside dinosaurs around 100 million years ago, were more varied...
Dethroning electrocatalysts for hydrogen production with inexpensive alternative material
Scientists have discovered a new electrocatalyst for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in electrochemical water splitting: CaFe2O4. This inexpensive, non-toxic, and easy-to-synthesize material outperforms...
‘Canary in the mine’ warning follows new discovery of effects of pollutants on fertility
New research has found that shrimp like creatures on the South Coast of England have 70 per cent less sperm than less polluted locations...
Detection dogs help generate important data for research and conservation
It is often difficult to find out exactly where the individual species can be found and how their populations are developing. According to a...
Plant clock could be the key to producing more food for the world
Researchers discover metabolic signal (superoxide) acts at dusk and changes the activity of a plant's circadian clock genes in the evening.
Transmission risk of COVID-19 from sewage spills into rivers can now be quickly quantified
Scientists have identified that the COVID-19 virus could be transmitted through faecal contaminated river water.
Root cause: Plant root tips are constrained to a dome shape common to arch...
Researchers have found that plant root tips commonly converged to a catenary-curved shape because of restrictions imposed by one-directional and localized tissue growth. Plant...
How plant stem cells renew themselves — a cytokinin story
Biologists have discovered how cytokinin activates stem cell division in plants.
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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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