Nematodes can help us detect indoor air impurities
Good quality indoor air is crucial to our well-being, while impurities in the air can compromise our working capacity and health. Researchers have developed...
Tracing the roots: Mapping a vegetable family tree for better food
Scientists have challenged prior theories of the origins of three vegetables -- canola, rutabaga and Siberian kale -- by mapping the genetic family tree...
Plants overcome hunger with the aid of autophagy
Researchers have found that plants activate autophagy in their leaf cells to derive amino acids that are used for survival under energy-starved 'hunger' conditions....
How a protein connecting calcium and plant hormone regulates plant growth
A new study finds that a unique mechanism involving calcium, the plant hormone auxin and a calcium-binding protein is responsible for regulating plant growth.
Why rats would win Australian survivor
Australian rodents skulls all correspond to one simple, size-dependent shape that is more than ten million years old but it turns out this lack...
‘Improved’ cookstoves emit more ultrafine particles than conventional stoves
Improved cookstoves, which are widely used for cooking in developing countries, produce twice as many harmful ultrafine air pollution particles (PM0.1) as conventional stoves,...
Melting polar ice, rising sea levels not only climate change dangers
Climate change from political and ecological standpoints is a constant in the media and with good reason, suggests a new study, but proof of...
Decarbonizing the power sector
Electricity supply is one of the biggest CO2 emitters globally. To keep global warming well below 2°C, several paths lead to zero emissions in...
Bac-for good: Bacteria passed between generations benefits you more than others
Bacteria passed straight to children have more healthcare benefits than if they are transmitted via the surrounding environment, new research reveals.
Plant death may reveal genetic mechanisms underlying cell self-destruction
Hybrid plants, which produced by crossing two different types of parents, often die in conditions in which both parents would survive. Certain hybrid tobacco...
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