Agriculture
Satellites Can See Burned Forests, but Not the Damage Beneath the Soil
A new evidence map of 72 studies shows that remote sensing reliably tracks surface-expressed forest soil damage from wildfire and...
Kefir Fails to Rescue Growth of Hand-Reared Pigeon Chicks, Study Finds
A Turkish study of 114 squabs from three pigeon breeds found that kefir supplementation of artificial crop milk did not...
Irrigation, Dense Planting and Better Seeds Could Close the Maize Gap Between China and the US
A calibrated watershed model shows that combining irrigation, high-density planting and improved maize hybrids can raise yields and stabilise them...
Nitrogen Pollution Quietly Strips Carbon From Forest Soils, No Matter Its Form
A field experiment in a subtropical Chinese plantation shows that inorganic and organic nitrogen additions alike reduce soil microbial necromass...
Dust and Delay: Why Years in Storage Can Double a Key Soil Carbon Reading
A new study shows that three years of air-dried storage nearly doubled water-extractable organic carbon in archived soils, casting doubt...
Farm and Lactation Stage Trump Genes in Shaping Milk Composition and Cow Metabolism
A large Czech field study of 519 dairy cows finds that farm and lactation stage dominate milk composition and metabolic...
Dead Bacteria, Living Protection: Heat-Killed Probiotic Blocks Inflammatory Cell Death to Heal Stomach Ulcers
Heat-killed Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB-12 protected mice from indomethacin-induced gastric ulcers as effectively as live probiotics and better than...
Weed-Based Sprays Boost Apple Yield and Quality When Timed to Tree Growth Stages
Timed foliar sprays made from weed-derived bio-formulations increased fruit set, yield, quality and leaf nutrients in high-density 'Gala Schniga Schnico'...
Machine Learning Outperforms Kriging in Mapping Soil Clay Across Nigerian Savanna
A new study in Nigeria's Guinea Savanna shows that machine learning algorithms, led by Cubist, dramatically outperform traditional Ordinary Kriging...
Two Soil Bacteria Team Up to Supercharge Rapeseed Growth by Rewiring the Root Microbiome
A two-strain bacterial consortium combining Bacillus subtilis SL-44 and Klebsiella oxytoca RS-5 boosts rapeseed growth through both direct plant stimulation...
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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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