The legume family tree
The most comprehensive study of the family tree for legumes, the plant family that includes beans, soybeans, peanuts, and many other economically important crop...
18.5 million year old vine fossil identified as new species
An 18.5 million-year-old fossil found in Panama provides evidence of a new species and is the oldest reliable example of a climbing woody vine...
Oat crops: Winning gene combination takes all
Researchers have traced the remaining last steps of the biological pathway that gives oats resistance to the deadly crop disease take-all.
Nanoplastics and other harmful pollutants found in disposable face masks
Scientists have uncovered potentially dangerous chemical pollutants that are released from disposable face masks when submerged in water. The research reveals high levels of...
Study sequences genome of extinct date palms germinated from 2,000 year-old seeds
Researchers from NYU Abu Dhabi's Center for Genomics and Systems Biology have successfully sequenced the genome of previously extinct date palm varieties that lived...
Short-term exposure to air pollution may impede cognition; Aspirin could help
Exposure to air pollution, even over the course of just a few weeks, can impede mental performance, according to a new study. However, these...
California’s worst wildfires are helping improve air quality prediction
Engineers are developing methods to estimate the impact of California's destructive wildfires on air quality in neighborhoods affected by the smoke from these fires....
Certain gut microbes make mosquitoes more prone to carry malaria parasite
Dietary sugars and gut microbes play a key role in promoting malaria parasite infection in mosquitoes. Researchers have uncovered evidence that mosquitoes fed a...
Ancient pottery reveals the first evidence for honey hunting in prehistoric West Africa
A team of scientists has found the first evidence for ancient honey hunting, locked inside pottery fragments from prehistoric West Africa, dating back some...
Tree hydraulics and water relations: Why trees die as a result of drought
When trees die during a period of drought, they die of thirst. Researchers have demonstrated in a field study that a rapid collapse in...
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