Clean plates much more common when we eat at home
When people eat at home, there's typically not much left on their plates - and that means there's likely less going to landfills, according...
Plant-derived volatiles may serve as future antifungals
A research team has developed a novel screening method to identify antimicrobial properties of volatile substances. With this assay, they tested the vapour-phase-mediated activity...
A key to cheaper renewable fuels: keeping iron from rusting
Researchers have made a key first step in economically converting plant materials to fuels: keeping iron from rusting.
Redefining drought in the US corn belt
As the climate trends warmer and drier, global food security increasingly hinges on crops' ability to withstand drought. But are scientists and producers focusing...
Great Salt Lake on path to hyper-salinity, mirroring Iranian lake
The Great Salt Lake is getting saltier, creating a serious threat to the ecosystems and the economies that depend on it. New research examines...
Breeding pairs of birds cooperate to resist climate change
Most bird chicks need parental care to survive. In biparental species the chicks have greater chances of success if both parents participate in this...
New study questions explanation for last winter’s brutal U.S. cold snap
A new study challenges a commonly accepted explanation that a 'sudden stratospheric warming' caused the unusually cold weather over the U.S. early last year,...
Life could have emerged from lakes with high phosphorus
Life as we know it requires phosphorus, and lots of it. But phosphorus is scarce. A new study reports that certain types of carbonate-rich...
Do as plants do: Novel photocatalysts can perform solar-driven conversion of CO2 into fuel
Scientists develop a novel 'heterostructured' photocatalyst using titanium and copper, two abundant and relatively inexpensive metals. Their cost-effective synthesis procedure, coupled with the high...
Pollution from freight traffic disproportionately impacts communities of color across 52 US cities
In urban areas across the U.S., low-income neighborhoods and communities of color experience an average of 28% more nitrogen dioxide (NO2) pollution than higher-income...
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Nature 541, 516–520 (2017)
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