E. coli tailored to convert plants into renewable chemicals
Jet fuel, pantyhose and plastic soda bottles: all three could be made from bioengineered bacteria.
Optimum shade for cocoa
As chocolate becomes ever more popular, demand for cocoa keeps rising. For production to keep up, agricultural practices have to become more sustainable. Researchers...
Matabele ants: Travelling faster with detours
Ants do not always take the shortest route when they are in a hurry. Their navigational system occasionally makes them take detours to speed...
Giraffes surprise biologists yet again
New research has highlighted how little we know about giraffe behavior and ecology.
Ammunition with risks and side effects
Hunting with lead shot is highly restricted or entirely banned in many countries due to the danger of poisoning birds and environment. However, alternative...
What bacteria can teach us about combating atrazine contamination
Researchers are interested in harnessing the bacterial ability to degrade atrazine in order to remediate atrazine-polluted environments. They now describe previously unknown proteins involved...
Shocking study shows one third of world’s protected areas degraded by human activities
A shocking study confirms that one third of the world's protected areas -- an astonishing 2.3 million square miles or twice the size of...
Limiting warming to 1.5 degree C would save majority of global species from climate...
New research finds that limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees C would save the majority of the world's plant and animal species from climate...
New catalyst upgrades greenhouse gas into renewable hydrocarbons
Engineers have designed a most efficient and stable process for converting climate-warming carbon dioxide into a key chemical building block for plastics -- all...
Pesticides: What happens if we run out of options?
What happens when pests resist all forms of herbicides and pesticides? To slow the evolutionary progression of weeds and insect pests gaining resistance to...
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