Almond production remains stable in the long term, despite deficit irrigation
Credit: University of Cordoba Spain boasts the largest cultivated area of almond trees in the world, with more than 700,000 ha (MAPA, 2018), but ranks...
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Consumers are willing to pay for ecosystem services
Credit: Diverfarming Many consumers are willing to pay for improved environmental quality and thus non-market values of impacts of food production on e.g. water quality,...
Simple genetic modification aims to stop mosquitoes spreading malaria
Genetically modifying mosquitoes to express antimalarial genes and pass them on to their offspring is being tested as a new strategy to eliminate malariaCredit: Jim...
Student’s second-year homework picked up by Amazon quantum researchers
Elegant code could shorten timeline to achieve scalable quantum computationCredit: Louise Cooper/The University of Sydney What started out as a second-year physics project is making...
“Shedding light” on the role of undesired impurities in gallium nitride semiconductors
Scientists uncover the mechanism underlying the effect of carbon impurities on the charge carriers of gallium nitrideCredit: Image courtesy: Masashi Kato from Nagoya Institute of...
Abandoning the old ways: Progress in the low-cost electrochemical synthesis of ammonia
Scientists develop high performing electrocatalyst to synthesize ammonia in an effort to replace conventional eco-unfriendly methodsCredit: Freepik Ammonia (NH3) is among the most important chemicals...
NTU Singapore study investigates link between COVID-19 and risk of blood clot formation
Credit: NTU People who have recovered from COVID-19, especially those with pre-existing cardiovascular conditions, may be at risk of developing blood clots due to a...
When FRETing over cancer biomarkers won’t work, focus on blinking instead
Researchers from Osaka University used a photostabilizer to access otherwise hidden chemical details of DNA conformational dynamics, and to detect a cancer RNA biomarker at...
A new fluorescent probe that can distinguish B cells from T cells
Unlike traditional antibody-based fluorescent staining methods, the new dye directly binds to the cell membranes of the target cellsCredit: Institute for Basic Science Human blood...
Megafauna extinction mystery – size isn’t everything
Credit: Illustration by Gabriel Ugueto Ancient clues, in the shape of fossils and archaeological evidence of varying quality scattered across Australia, have formed the basis...
Partial shade from solar panels increase abundance of flowers in late summer
Credit: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - A new study by Oregon State University researchers found that shade provided by solar panels increased the abundance...
A novel, quick, and easy system for genetic analysis of SARS-CoV-2
Researchers from Osaka University and Hokkaido University develop a system for analyzing mutations in SARS-CoV-2 that is much simpler and faster than existing methodsCredit: Osaka...
Aged bone marrow niche impedes function of rejuvenated hematopoietic stem cells
Credit: AlphaMed Press Durham, NC - When leukemia strikes an older person, it is in part due to the aging of his or her hematopoietic...
Efficient generations of complex vectorial optical fields with metasurfaces
Credit: by Dongyi Wang, Feifei Liu, Tong Liu, Shulin Sun, Qiong He and Lei Zhou Light beams are widely used in photonics applications and attracted...
Ancient ammonoids’ shell designs may have aided buoyancy control
Researchers use 3-D-printed models to explore fractal-like interior shell patternsCredit: David Peterman Ammonoids, ancestors of today's octopus, squid and cuttlefish, bobbed and jetted their way...
