Agriculture
Irrigation and Draft Animals Drive Food Production on Ethiopian Smallholder Farms
A survey of 478 smallholder households in northwest Ethiopia shows that irrigation, draft animals, extension contacts and market access are...
New Maize Protoplast System Accelerates Discovery of Defensive Terpene Genes
Researchers have built a rapid maize protoplast transfection platform that reveals the products and regulators of volatile terpene biosynthesis within...
Smarter Solar Farm Layouts Boost Crops and Power Together
A hybrid multi-objective optimization framework combining light simulation, response surface modeling and evolutionary algorithms has identified agrivoltaic array layouts that...
Slaughterhouse Blood Gets a Second Life as Blood Pressure and Diabetes Fighting Peptides
A comprehensive review shows that slaughter blood, a largely wasted byproduct of meat processing, can be enzymatically converted into proline-rich...
AI Listens for the Sounds of a Cow in Heat—and Slashes Data Storage 173-Fold
Researchers in China developed an acoustic estrus-detection system for dairy cows that compresses continuous barn audio 173-fold while achieving 98.99...
Epigenetic Marks and Jumping Genes Decide Which Parental Genome Rules Mustard
New research shows that asymmetric DNA methylation, histone marks and transposable element insertions explain why one parental genome dominates gene...
Nitrogen Pollution Still Reshapes Forest Tree Chemistry Without Signs of Saturation
A field experiment in a high-nitrogen-deposition forest in western China shows that added nitrogen still alters the leaf carbon, nitrogen,...
Nursing Students Eat Rice and Beans but Skip Vegetables, Study Finds
A cross-sectional study of Brazilian nursing students found a predominantly eutrophic sample with traditional rice-and-beans diets, low fruit and vegetable...
How Sugar Bonds Shape Flavonoid Power in Food and Health
A new review explains how the carbon–carbon sugar bond of flavonoid C-glycosides shapes their stability, metabolism, and potential in functional...
AI Learns Where to Trust Depth for Sharper Chili Pepper Segmentation
A new depth-routing AI framework sharply improves organ-level segmentation of chili pepper plants for precision spraying.
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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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