Agriculture
Tiny Boron Doses Supercharge Wheat Yields in Nepal’s Nitrogen-Hungry Fields
A two-year field trial in Dhading, Nepal, shows that combining nitrogen with small doses of boron boosts wheat grain yields...
Deep Placement and Legumes Emerge as Top Ways to Boost Nitrogen Efficiency in Maize
A global meta-analysis of 97 studies finds that deep fertilizer placement, legume intercropping, and digital decision-support tools significantly improve nitrogen...
How a Tiny Osmolyte Could Shield Crops From Salt, Drought and Heat
A new review in Crop Health details how glycine betaine protects crops and microbial fertilizers from salt, drought, heat and...
Magenta Solar Panels Boost Broccoli Growth While Harvesting Power
Broccoli grown under semi-transparent magenta solar panels in Sweden used sunlight 4.5 times more efficiently than open-field crops and reached...
Tiny AI Weighs Cattle on a Phone in Under 52 Milliseconds
A 0.35-megabyte neural network estimates cattle weight from smartphone photos in about 52 milliseconds and calculates allometric herbal dosing entirely...
Tall Trees, Rough Bark: What a Critically Endangered Indonesian Climber Demands of Its Hosts
A new survey of the critically endangered Javanese climber Smilax nageliana shows that host tree height, rough bark, and upper-stem...
New Black Gram Variety Mash 878 Delivers Double-Digit Yield Gains Across India’s North West Plain Zone
Breeders at Punjab Agricultural University have released Mash 878, a high-yielding, disease-resistant kharif urdbean variety that outperformed existing checks by...
Gut Bacterium Unmasked as Powerful Transformer of Licorice Compound
Researchers have identified Bifidobacterium longum subsp. suillum strain AA-55 as a potent gut bacterial degrader of the licorice flavonoid licochalcone...
Crop Rotation Alone Won’t Store More Soil Carbon, Landmark Farm Study Finds
A large on-farm study in China's North China Plain shows that diversified crop rotations only build soil organic carbon when...
Tiny Carbon Dots Coated in Amino Acids Help Medicinal Plant Fight Cadmium Pollution
Polyglutamic acid-functionalized carbon dots reduce cadmium accumulation in Houttuynia cordata while restoring photosynthesis, reshaping gene expression, and enriching beneficial rhizosphere...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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