Improved Mena tef variety shows promise for Ethiopian farmers in field demonstrations
A participatory demonstration study in eastern Amhara, Ethiopia, tested the improved Mena tef variety against local varieties across 18 farmers' ...
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Microplastics Act as Trojan Horses for Rare Heavy Metals from Nuclear Reactors in Crops
A new review reveals that microplastics released from nuclear power plants act as Trojan horses, adsorbing rare heavy metals like ...
Compound drought–heatwave events are on the move, and farmland is in their path
A new tracking study shows that compound drought–heatwave events migrate hundreds of kilometers across the globe, with emerging hotspots over ...
Genome Notes at Scale: Tree of Life Aims for 200 Publications a Month
The Wellcome Sanger Institute's Tree of Life programme will scale genome note publication from about 30 to 200 per month ...
Bacterial Wilt Pathogen Confirmed in Philippine Tomato Fields by DNA Sequencing
Researchers in the Philippines have used 16S rRNA sequencing and greenhouse pathogenicity tests to confirm Ralstonia solanacearum as the cause ...
Polymer Coating Softens Copper Nanoparticle Toxicity in Crop Seeds
A new study shows that coating mixed-phase copper oxide nanoparticles with the polymer polyethyleneimine reduces their toxicity to germinating seeds ...
Newspaper archives reveal how droughts quietly build before Spain feels the damage
A 48-year analysis of Spanish newspaper reports shows that drought impacts track long-term moisture deficits of 12 to 30 months, ...
Rock-Weathered Calcium Emerges as Hidden Guardian of Carbon in Grassland Soils
A new modeling study shows that calcium released by rock weathering helps stabilize organic carbon in grassland Mollisol soils, and ...
New Global Map Tracks Six Decades of Crop-Specific Nitrogen Pollution
A newly harmonized global dataset resolves nitrogen fertilizer and manure inputs for 21 crop groups at fine spatial resolution from ...
AI Shows a Modest but Real Boost to South African Food Production, Study Finds
A new econometric study of South African data from 1995 to 2024 finds that artificial intelligence has a positive but ...
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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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