The term peri-urban agriculture is generally used to describe the cultivation of plants and livestock on…
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New PET-like plastic made directly from waste biomass
It is becoming increasingly obvious that moving away from fossil fuels and avoiding the accumulation of…
Abortion and bioethics: Principles to guide US abortion debates
The U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide the fate of Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973…
In colorful avian world, hummingbirds have the widest breadth of colorful plumage
Yale ornithologist Richard Prum has spent years studying the molecules and nanostructures that give many bird…
Scientists take the first step to master an all-powerful cell type from the beginning of life
From cloning to regeneration, how to find alternative paths to create or rejuvenate life has been…
Exotic photonic crystals empower robust one-way transport of light
Topological photonics is an emerging area that provides unprecedented opportunities for controlling the flow of light…
Amphioxus sequencing gives insight on vertebrate evolution
Vertebrate evolution was accompanied by two rounds of whole genome duplication followed by functional divergence in…
Researchers reveal oxygenate-based routes in syngas conversion over oxide-zeolite bifunctional catalysts
A research team led by Prof. Hou Guangjin and Prof. Bao Xinhe from the Dalian Institute…
What the frequency of your pay means for financial well-being
Wharton marketing professor Wendy De La Rosa was enjoying dinner with family when her cousin started…
New insight into the hunting patterns of ancient cephalopods
The Jurassic cephalopod Vampyronassa rhodanica, thought to be the oldest known ancestor of the modern-day vampire…