Drought impact study shows new issues for plants and carbon dioxide

Extreme drought’s impact on plants will become more dominant under future climate change, as noted in…

Wearable sweat sensor detects gout-causing compounds

Scientists have developed an easier way to mass-produce highly sensitive sweat sensors that can detect a…

A little prairie can rescue honey bees from famine on the farm

Scientists placed honey bee hives next to soybean fields in Iowa and tracked how the bees…

Liquid-liquid transitions crystallize new ideas for molecular liquids

Crystallization describes the formation of ordered structures from the disordered constituents of a liquid. Although the…

Discovery increases chance of improving iron content in plants

Researchers have discovered a gene that controls the regulation of iron uptake in plants, according to…

How plants adjust their body plan to cope with high temperature stress

Biologists from Utrecht University have described a new molecular mechanism that allows plants to optimize their…

Changes in oxygen concentrations in our ocean can disrupt fundamental biological cycles

New research led by scientists at the University of Bristol has shown that the feedback mechanisms…

Income inequality fuels status anxiety and sexualisation, research shows

Women’s appearance enhancement is driven partly by status anxiety and income inequality, according to new research. …

Researchers report first recording of a blue whale's heart rate

Encased in a neon orange plastic shell, a collection of electronic sensors bobbed along the surface…

Coated seeds may enable agriculture on marginal lands

Providing seeds with a protective coating that also supplies essential nutrients to the germinating plant could…