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Research could save years of breeding for new Miscanthus hybrids
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Combating a pandemic is 500 times more expensive than preventing one, research suggests
The failure to protect tropical rain forests has cost trillions of dollars stemming from the coronavirus pandemic, which has wreaked economic havoc and caused...
Higher BPA levels linked to more asthma symptoms in children
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Reproductive effects of weed killer, glyphosate, examined in mice
A pair of recently published studies analyzed how ovarian function in mice responded to various levels of exposure to glyphosate, a chemical extensively used...
Eavesdropping on trout building their nests
Steelhead trout stirring up the sediment of the river bed were detected by seismic sensors. Researchers have used geophones to analyze the trout's nest-building...
Pesticides can protect crops from hydrophobic pollutants
Researchers have revealed that commercial pesticides can be applied to crops in the Cucurbitaceae family to decrease their accumulation of hydrophobic pollutants, thereby improving...
Massive seagrass die-off leads to widespread erosion in a California estuary
The large-scale loss of eelgrass in a major California estuary -- Morro Bay -- may be causing widespread erosion. Over the last century, Morro...
Scientists reveal an explosive secret hidden beneath seemingly trustworthy volcanoes
Volcanologists working on remote islands in the Galápagos Archipelago has found that volcanoes which reliably produce small basaltic lava eruptions hide chemically diverse magmas...
Deep sea microbes dormant for 100 million years are hungry and ready to multiply
Researchers reveal that given the right food in the right laboratory conditions, microbes collected from subseafloor sediment as old as 100 million years can...
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