How do living bacteria survive on the surface of dust particles carried by desert storms from the Sahara and Egypt to Israel?
Ecology
Aug 20, 2025
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A belief that individual actions do make a meaningful difference is among the common factors that motivate people to voluntarily reduce their consumption of single-use plastics (SUP), a Griffith University study has discovered.
Environment
Aug 15, 2025
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To study growth-defense trade-offs in the context of metabolism in crops, scientists from the Universities of Potsdam and Erlangen, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, and the National Institute of Biology, ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Aug 11, 2025
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A research team has identified how ethane (C2H6)—a major constituent of natural gas—affects the core metabolic pathways of the obligate methanotroph Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b.
Biochemistry
Aug 7, 2025
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A recent study by Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists shows that increased water availability can make some types of plants significantly less responsive to subsequent drought conditions than previously thought.
Plants & Animals
Aug 5, 2025
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All farming is, in a sense, a prediction business. Crops are planted in anticipation they'll grow and produce a bountiful harvest. Research led by Iowa State University agronomy professor Jianming Yu aims to give a major ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Aug 5, 2025
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A new study using data collected by NASA's Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) satellite established a novel method to determine how productive plants are worldwide. The findings were published in IEEE Geoscience ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 31, 2025
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New research into the energy use of humpback whales during their annual migrations has found they lose 11,000kg of blubber—which is equivalent to the energy obtained after feeding on 57,000 kg of Antarctic krill—highlighting ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 28, 2025
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Fishing yields in the Upper Paraná River, on the border between the Brazilian states of São Paulo, Paraná, and Mato Grosso do Sul, have fallen by around 50% in two decades.
Plants & Animals
Jul 24, 2025
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It's a hot, dry summer afternoon, and the skies offer no relief for a field of soybeans. But within those green leaves, these plants are quietly fighting back.
Plants & Animals
Jul 23, 2025
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