Agriculture
Banana Starch Nanoparticles Worsen Colitis in Mice, While Native Starch Helps
A new mouse study shows banana starch nanoparticles worsen colitis by damaging tight junctions and disrupting gut microbes, while native...
New Interspecific Tomato Rootstocks Pack Disease Resistance Genes and Match Commercial Yields
Tomato growers around the world graft their high-value scions onto rootstocks chosen from a remarkably short list of commercial cultivars,...
Karst Soil Bacterium Unlocks Locked Phosphorus to Boost Medicinal Orchid Growth
Scientists have isolated a karst soil bacterium, Serratia marcescens BP-2, that dissolves insoluble calcium phosphate through citric acid secretion and...
Lightweight AI Counts Wheat Seedlings in the Field With New Accuracy
A new lightweight deep learning model called WheatNet detects and counts individual wheat seedlings in complex field images with record...
AI Learns to Grade Ginseng Roots Like a Master Appraiser
Researchers in China developed MP-CBA-YOLO, a morphology-preserving, class-balanced object detection method that grades ginseng roots with expert-level accuracy despite scarce...
Genome-wide SNPs distill 5,000 safflower lines into a 400-accession core collection
Safflower, one of humanity's oldest oilseed crops, has just had its entire genetic library read. In a sweeping genomic study...
Corn Straw and Biochar in a 1:3 Blend Lock Away Toxic Cadmium in Soil
A 90-day incubation study shows that mixing corn straw with biochar at a 1:3 ratio immobilizes cadmium and zinc, relieves...
Gene Family Study Maps How Flowering Chinese Cabbage Balances Growth and Stress
A genome-wide study of flowering Chinese cabbage has cataloged ten BraBES1 transcription factor genes, revealing a conserved brassinosteroid signaling module...
Vitamin E’s Dark Side: How Excess Alpha-Tocopherol Creates a Hidden Oxidation Marker in Food Oils
Japanese researchers show that excess vitamin E drives the formation of a rare linoleic acid hydroperoxide isomer within triacylglycerol, offering...
Beneficial Bacterium Rewrites Sweet Orange Gene Expression to Fight Anthracnose
Researchers identified the transcription factor CsWRKY40 as a candidate regulator linked to Bacillus subtilis-mediated reduction of anthracnose symptoms in sweet...
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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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