Mapping international drug use through the world’s largest wastewater study
A seven-year project monitoring illicit drug use in 37 countries via wastewater samples shows that cocaine use was skyrocketing in Europe in 2017 and...
Mapping millet genetics
In the semi-arid tropics of Asia and Africa, conditions can be difficult for crops. Plants need to have short growing seasons, survive on poor...
Revealing the nanostructure of wood could help raise height limits for wooden skyscrapers
Researchers have captured the visible nanostructure of living wood for the first time using an advanced low-temperature scanning electron microscope.
Turning plastic trash into treasure
Researchers have developed a new catalyst that can cleave plastic's strong carbon-carbon, converting it into higher value products.
New portable DNA sequencer quickly and accurately diagnoses wheat viruses
A group of scientists have developed a new technology that makes it possible to rapidly identify viruses in wheat fields with a significantly higher...
Poor water conditions drive invasive snakeheads onto land
Researchers report on the water conditions that could drive snakeheads onto land.
Ways to reduce errors in wildlife surveys
Researchers are working to identify less error-prone methods for performing wildlife surveys.
New species take longer to arise in the Amazon
Amazonia is home to the greatest number of species on earth, many now threatened, but a new study hammers home Amazonia's importance, showing that...
Biological material boosts solar cell performance
Next-generation solar cells that mimic photosynthesis with biological material may give new meaning to the term 'green technology.' Adding the protein bacteriorhodopsin (bR) to...
Satellite data used to calculate snow depth in mountain ranges
Bioscience engineers have developed a method to measure the snow depth in all mountain ranges in the Northern Hemisphere using satellites. This technique makes...
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