Plants can adapt their lignin using “chemically encoding” enzymes to face climate change
A new study shows how plants “encode” specific chemistries of their lignin to grow tall and sustain climate changes: each ...
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Finding genes to help fruit adapt to droughts
ITHACA, NY - As climate change is expected to lead to more frequent periods of drought, researchers are increasingly working ...
Perennial rice’s next steps: Large-scale localization to adapt across different climates
The global population is projected to reach 8 billion on 15 November 2022, according to the UN's recently-released World Population ...
Plants use their epigenetic memories to adapt to climate change, scientists say
Animals can adapt quickly to survive adverse environmental conditions. Evidence is mounting to show that plants can, too. A paper ...
Working with mountain communities could help water systems adapt to climate
Nearly two billion people globally rely on mountain water for drinking and irrigation, but this water source is under threat ...
Texas tech scientists explore ability to adapt and survive
The ability to regulate salt and water balance is a significant challenge for animals living in freshwater habitats worldwide. In ...
Plant immune systems can adapt to non-living environmental stressors, a new study reveals
When we think of plants, the phrase “stressed out” doesn’t typically come to mind. They are, after all, exempt from ...
Synthetic genetic circuits could help plants adapt to climate change
Increasingly, global food production is being threatened by the effects of climate change. As floods, droughts, and extreme heat waves ...
As reflective satellites fill the skies, UArizona students are making sure astronomers can adapt
As satellites crawl across the sky, they reflect light from the sun back down to Earth, especially during the first ...
City life or farm life? When elephants adapt to different human development
The movement of elephants through wildlife corridors is directly impacted by differing forms of human pressures and development, new research ...
Sick animals struggle to problem solve and adapt to changing environments
Even common infections can come with acute or lingering cognitive symptoms; one of the best-known examples is “COVID fog.” In ...
‘Life-like’ lasers can self-organise, adapt their structure, and cooperate
By mimicking features of living systems, self-organising lasers could lead to new materials for sensing, computing, light sources and displays. ...
Borrowed gene helps maize adapt to high elevations, cold temperatures
Researchers at North Carolina State University show that an important gene in maize called HPC1 modulates certain chemical processes that ...
Top predators could ‘trap’ themselves trying to adapt to climate change, study shows
Link to Google Drive folder containing images: Credit: Bobby-Jo Vial Link to Google Drive folder containing images: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1U7acqtX0fuqAHq45YPxTSKXbZAaD6Xlh?usp=sharing As climate ...
Proactive approaches needed to enable ecosystems to adapt to climate change
As the need to address climate change becomes increasingly urgent so too does the concurrent need for proactive stewardship of ...
California shellfish farmers adapt to climate change
Because of their proximity to the ocean, Californians get to enjoy locally-sourced oysters, mussels, abalone and clams. Most of the ...
Taste buds can adapt to low salt diet
Madrid, Spain – 22 May 2022: A taste adaptation intervention lowers salt intake and increases enjoyment of a sodium restricted ...
In western floodplains, species adapt to bullfrog, sunfish invaders
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Non-native bullfrogs and sunfish species, introduced for consumer and sport purposes, are known to alter ecosystems and hinder ...
Researchers demonstrate how biomolecule mixtures communicate, interact and adapt to their environment
NEW YORK, April 12, 2022 — A post-doctoral researcher with the Advanced Science Research Center at the CUNY Graduate Center ...
Fruit flies adapt activity to “white nights”
Evolution takes place constantly, everywhere in nature. Nevertheless, it is always exciting for biologists to observe evolution "in real time". ...
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New study shows snacking on mixed tree nuts may impact cardiovascular risk factors and increase serotonin
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Null results research now published by major behavioral medicine journal
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New study debunks the assumption that menstrual cycles disqualify women from exercise research
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Constructor University professor publishes outstanding psychological research paper
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Ignoring Native American data perpetuates misleading white ‘deaths of despair’ narrative, study finds
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The next generation of global health innovators: Michelson Prize winners announced