Agriculture
Plastic crates slash tomato losses by three-quarters for Nigerian smallholders
A study of 209 tomato farmers in Kano State, Nigeria, shows reusable plastic crates cut postharvest financial losses by roughly...
Native Sudanese Maize Hides Genetic Keys to Iron-Rich Grain, Study Finds
Researchers sequenced the ZmZIP10 transporter gene across 25 indigenous Sudanese maize accessions, revealing extensive variation linked to wide natural differences...
Extreme Rains Reshape Wetland Plant Diversity Across Scales at Poyang Lake
A remote sensing and machine learning study of Poyang Lake reveals that extreme precipitation drives wetland plant diversity through scale-dependent...
Scientists build the first gap-free genome of the Chinese holly
Researchers have assembled the first telomere-to-telomere, gap-free genome of the Chinese holly, resolving its chromosome number and revealing duplications that...
Grass, Legumes and Timing: Rebalancing Forage and Livestock on the Tibetan Plateau
Researchers at Lanzhou University have developed a type-temporal-spatial coupling framework that quantifies how mixed grass-legume pastures, optimized harvest timing, and...
Stinging Nettle Extracts Show Potent Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Power
Algerian researchers have shown that different solvent extracts of stinging nettle grown in a semi-arid climate are rich in phenolics...
Machine Learning and a Soil Bacterium Reveal How Tomatoes Fight a Devastating Wilt
Researchers at Hainan University combined transcriptomics, network analysis, and machine learning to show how Bacillus safensis strain H23 primes tomato...
What Happens When Roots Die? New Experiment Rethinks How We Measure Underground Decay
A microcosm experiment on four Carex species shows that healthy roots and rhizomes decompose at rates comparable to senescing ones,...
Arctic plants quietly feed on nitrogen all winter, and microbes grab most of it first
A Greenland mesocosm experiment using nitrogen-15 tracers shows that tundra microbes capture most winter-released nitrogen while plants from milder climates,...
Evergreen and Deciduous Trees in the Western Ghats Blur the Leaf Economics Spectrum
A study of 93 woody species in India's central Western Ghats finds that evergreen and deciduous trees overlap extensively in...
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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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