Discovery of family of hormones may be key to increased crop yields
A group of researchers has discovered a previously unknown pathway that regulates whether a plant uses its resources for growth or stress tolerance. This...
Widespread variation of inherited retroviruses among Darwin’s finches
Vertebrate genomes are repositories for retrovirus code that was deposited into germ line as inherited endogenous retroviruses during evolution. Researchers now provide new findings...
Study reveals new insights into how fast-moving glaciers may contribute to sea level rise
Models of sea level rise based on our understanding of how Earth's ice sheets respond to a warming atmosphere could be incorrect, a new...
Hoverflies migrate north in spring
A team has shown experimentally, that hoverflies migrating during the spring orientate north. In late spring earlier this year, a large-scale migration of insects...
Back to the future of photosynthesis
Resurrecting billon-year-old enzymes reveals how photosynthesis adapted to the rise of oxygen.
Study Sheds light on leave traits, productivity of C4 bioenergy crops
Miscanthus and sorghum -- both C4 plant species -- occupy a distinct niche of the leaf economics spectrum (LES), with greater photosynthetic rates and...
Can shifting social norms help mitigate climate change?
An interdisciplinary team of researchers reports on how social norms -- 'patterns of behaviors or values that depend on expectations about what others do and/or...
Global hunger, carbon emissions could both spike if war limits grain exports
If Russia's war in Ukraine significantly reduces grain exports, surging prices could worsen food insecurity, with increases up to 4.6% for corn and 7.2%...
Seismic sensing reveals flood damage potential
Rapidly evolving floods are a major and growing hazard worldwide. Currently, their onset and evolution is hard to identify using existing systems. However, seismic...
The missing link: Fatty acid metabolism impacts plant immunity
A recent study reveals a new dimension to the role of FA biosynthesis in plants by providing a direct link to the plant defense...
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