By tracing the genomes of nine brown algal species, researchers have shed light on the ancient origins, remarkable stability, and unexpected transformations of U/V sex chromosomes. This reveals how sex determination can evolve, ...
Evolution
Aug 26, 2025
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As people and their pets seek relief from the heat in lakes and ponds, a Virginia Tech veterinary expert warns of a hidden danger lurking in the water.
Veterinary medicine
Aug 25, 2025
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South Australia's catastrophic harmful algal bloom now affects almost 30% of the state's coastline, stretching from the Coorong in the state's southeast to the seafood-rich Spencer Gulf to the west.
Ecology
Aug 19, 2025
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Uranium is found in minerals in the soil, dissolves in mining water and ends up in the fields together with phosphate fertilizer. In Germany, the heavy metal uranium is particularly common in Saxony and Thuringia, although ...
Environment
Aug 7, 2025
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Astronauts exploring the moon will need all the help they can get, and scientists have spent lots of time and plenty of money coming up with different systems to do so. Two of the critical needs of any long-term lunar mission ...
Astrobiology
Aug 5, 2025
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A team of chemists is pioneering a new approach to creating plastics made from whole-cell algae and common chemical components. These biohybrid plastics are strong, highly adaptable, and fully recyclable.
Biochemistry
Aug 5, 2025
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Terrestrial plants drove an increase in global photosynthesis between 2003 and 2021, a trend partially offset by a weak decline in photosynthesis—the process of using sunlight to make food—among marine algae, according ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 1, 2025
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Algal growth is accelerating in lakes across Canada, including those far from human development, and a new study shows that climate change is the primary driver.
Earth Sciences
Jul 31, 2025
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Engineered photosynthetic algae could be used within sunlight-powered sustainable chemical biofactories using a new circular production process developed at KAUST. The scalable process uses bespoke functionalized microparticles—rather ...
Materials Science
Jul 30, 2025
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Microscopic algae in the ocean generate half the oxygen we breathe.
Ecology
Jul 29, 2025
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