Wastewater DNA mapping improves corrosion-risk screening in sewer network
A residential-network study found that wastewater bacterial DNA, ecological modeling and machine learning improved screening for severely corroded sewer pipes.
Tag: environmental DNA
Legal Analysis Maps Ocean Digital Twins’ Challenge to BBNJ Benefit-Sharing
A doctrinal legal analysis finds that ocean digital twins could make BBNJ benefit-sharing harder to define, trace and finance, and ...
Abundance estimation with DNA metabarcoding – recent advancements for terrestrial arthropods
A review of 113 studies concludes that DNA metabarcoding advances terrestrial arthropod monitoring, while reliable individual counts and biomass estimates ...
Direct PCR matches standard metabarcoding for chironomid communities
A controlled comparison found that direct PCR and conventional DNA extraction produced broadly comparable chironomid community compositions, although direct PCR ...
Comparing sampling protocols for detecting Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in the wild
A comparative study in southeastern Norway found that filtered amphibian bathwater and soft sandpaper detected the chytrid fungus more consistently ...
High-volume water sampling improves dugong eDNA detection
A pilot study in Mozambique found that 60-litre water filtration and laboratory processing improved dugong eDNA detection, while low-volume sampling ...
Costa Rica’s Caves Hide a Vastly Unmapped Animal World
A nationwide synthesis documents 123 animal species in Costa Rican caves while revealing that most known sites and many of ...
Natrix2 brings Nanopore reads into an open-source metabarcoding workflow
Natrix2 adds dedicated Oxford Nanopore processing, alternative clustering and taxonomic tools, and specialist reference databases to an open-source metabarcoding workflow.
Nanopore Duplex Sequencing Emerges as a Rival to Illumina for Monitoring Fish Farm Impacts on the Seafloor
A pilot study on Scottish salmon farms shows that Oxford Nanopore's duplex sequencing can match Illumina MiSeq in detecting aquaculture ...
Space Beats Seasons: Soil Protist Communities Shaped More by Place Than Time on European Mountains
A two-region, two-season survey of soil environmental DNA shows that spatial heterogeneity, not seasonal turnover, drives protist community composition along ...
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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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