Humans are leaving behind a ‘frozen signature’ of microbes on Mount Everest
Thanks to technological advances in microbial DNA analysis, researchers have discovered that mountaineers' boots aren't the only things leaving footprints on the world's tallest...
Air pollution impairs successful mating of flies
A research team demonstrates that increased levels of ozone resulting from anthropogenic air pollution can degrade insect sex pheromones, which are crucial mating signals,...
Game-changing high-performance semiconductor material could help slash heat emissions
Researchers have engineered a material with the potential to dramatically cut the amount of heat power plants release into the atmosphere.
Mirror-image molecules can modify signaling in neurons
With the aid of some sea slugs, chemists have discovered that one of the smallest conceivable tweaks to a biomolecule can elicit one of...
The ‘Rapunzel’ virus: an evolutionary oddity
Extremely long tail provides structural window into how bacteria-infecting viruses called phages assemble.
Cleaning up the atmosphere with quantum computing
Practical carbon capture technologies are still in the early stages of development, with the most promising involving a class of compounds called amines that...
Microneedle-based drug delivery technique for plants
The agriculture industry is under pressure to adopt sustainable and precise agricultural practices that enable more efficient use of resources due to worsening environmental...
Tech could help BC farmers reach customers, mitigate climate change impacts
Technology exists that the BC government could leverage to help small farmers connect directly with consumers and also mitigate climate change impacts, say new...
High winds can worsen pathogen spread at outdoor chicken farms
A study of chicken farms in the West found that high winds increased the prevalence of Campylobacter in outdoor flocks, a bacterial pathogen in...
Climate change alters a human-raptor relationship
Bald Eagles and dairy farmers exist in a mutually beneficial relationship in parts of northwestern Washington State. According to a new study, this 'win-win'...
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