Against overfishing: Save the oldies!

Measures against overfishing tend to protect young, immature fish through measures such as minimum-landing sizes. However, a team of researchers recommends also keeping the...

Plastic building bricks could survive in ocean for up to 1,300 years

By measuring the mass of individual bricks found on beaches against equivalent unused pieces and the age of blocks obtained from storage, researchers estimated...

Food systems are fodder for curbing cities’ environmental impacts

Focusing on urbanization as a key driver of environmental change in the 21st century, researchers have created a framework to understand and compare cities'...

Technology to screen for higher-yielding crop traits is now more accessible to scientists

To drive progress toward higher-yielding crops, a team is revolutionizing the ability to screen plants for key traits across an entire field.

Bacteria form biofilms like settlers form cities

Biofilms are composed of bacteria living in a densely packed and organized community. Research paired high-level imaging tools with an algorithm to track a...

Long-term analysis shows GM cotton no match for insects in India

In India, Bt cotton is the most widely planted cotton crop by acreage, and it is hugely controversial. Supporters long touted increased yields and...

First-time direct proof of chemical reactions in particulates

Researchers have developed a new method to analyze particulate matter more precisely than ever before. With its help, they disproved an established doctrine: that...

How plants sound the alarm about danger

Just like humans and other animals, plants have hormones. One role of plant hormones is to perceive trouble and then signal to the rest...

Invisible plastics in water

A research team has found that nanoscale particles of the most commonly used plastics tend to move through the water supply, especially in fresh...

Scientists find high concentrations of toxic phenyltin compounds in local Chinese white dolphins

A research team confirmed the occurrence of biomagnification of toxic substance TPT compounds along the marine food chain resulted in very high concentrations of...

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