Nearly 70% of private label avocado oil rancid or mixed with other oils, find researchers

Avocado oil has become a popular choice for many people in recent years because of its…

White-bellied pangolins have second-highest number of chromosomes among mammals

There’s a lot scientists don’t know about the pangolin—a peculiar, scaly mammal that looks like a…

Food forests and urban farms hold promise of addressing numerous problems at once

What if you could grow fresh food where it is most needed, cost-effectively reduce heat-related deaths,…

Translating Swahili language and knowledge in colonial and post-colonial Tanzania

In the 1940s, a student from Kenya named James Gekonyo applied to the Chemistry Department of…

How can universities better understand students' experiences of violence and victimization?

Researchers from City, University of London, in collaboration with the University of Surrey, De Montfort University,…

Phytophthora 'the plant destroyer' meets its match with a new identification tool

Known as the “plant destroyer,” the genus Phytophthora is considered one of the most important groups…

Activity sessions in daycare already nurturing emotional skills by 10 weeks, finds research

Concerns are growing about the well-being of children and adolescents and their increasing inequality in Finland.…

Algae combined with visible light may create ink for cultured meat

A few years ago, a French daily newspaper published an article titled “Korea’s Utilization of Algae…

Scientists advocate synergistic approach to address climate change and air pollution in China

In a new research perspective published in Environmental Science and Ecotechnology, a research team emphasizes that…

Large-scale long terminal repeat insertions found to produce a significant set of novel transcripts in cotton

TEs (transposable elements), especially LTRs, are known to play an important role in determining the basic…