Mustering a milder mustard, broccoli, cabbage
Cruciferous vegetables -- the mustards, broccolis and cabbages of the world -- share a distinct taste. But the same compounds that make them bitter...
Severely disturbed habitats impacting health of Madagascar’s lemurs
A new study finds that degraded rainforest habitats are impacting the health of at least one species of Madagascar's treasured lemurs. Researchers captured, measured...
Global farming trends threaten food security
Citrus fruits, coffee and avocados: the food on our tables has become more diverse in recent decades. However, global agriculture does not reflect this...
Ammonia from agriculture influences cloud formation over Asia
The Asian tropopause aerosol layer (ATAL) is located at twelve to 18 kilometers height above the Middle East and Asia. This accumulation of aerosols...
Coral skeleton crystals record ocean acidification
The acidification of the oceans is recorded in the crystals of the coral skeleton. This is a new tool for studying past environmental changes...
Food may have been scarce in ancient Chaco Canyon
Chaco Canyon, a site that was once central to the lives of precolonial peoples called Anasazi, may not have been able to produce enough...
How to capture waste heat energy with improved polymers
By one official estimate, American manufacturing, transportation, residential and commercial consumers use only about 40 percent of the energy they draw on, wasting 60...
Researchers discover ice is sliding toward edges off Greenland Ice Sheet
Ice on the Greenland Ice Sheet doesn't just melt. The ice actually slides rapidly across its bed toward the ice sheet's edges. As a...
Genetic breakthrough in cereal crops could help improve yields worldwide
A team of scientists has achieved a breakthrough in the genetics of senescence in cereal crops with the potential to dramatically impact the future...
Cells synchronize to release toxins in unison
Observations of cellular life in a local marsh lead researchers to the discovery of a new type of intercellular communication.
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