Function follows form in plant immunity

Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research (MPIPZ) and the University of Cologne,…

A new tool to verify the geographical origins of virgin olive oil

Olive oil is one of the most prestigious agri-foods in Spain and it is the base…

Whiteness is at the heart of racism in Britain, so why is it portrayed as a Black problem?

In 2020, two police officers in Hackney strip-searched a 15-year-old Black girl at her school. Police…

Researchers detect a novel binding mechanism between small and gigantic particles

Researchers at the 5th Physical Institute of the University of Stuttgart have verified a novel binding…

Grim drought outlook for western US offers warnings for the future

Much of the western U.S. has been in the grip of an unrelenting drought since early…

What's it like to be on Venus or Pluto? We studied their sand dunes and found some clues

What is it like to be on the surface of Mars or Venus? Or even further…

How soaring inflation can be particularly harmful for young people

Inflation rates have become almost impossible to ignore. In the U.K., inflation has soared in recent…

G20 failing to update carbon-cutting pledges: report

Nations in the G20 group of major economies have yet to strengthen greenhouse gas reduction goals…

Collaboration reveals interplay between charge order and superconductivity at nanoscale

High temperature superconductivity is something of a holy grail for researchers studying quantum materials. Superconductors, which…

Electrons in a crystal found to exhibit linked and knotted quantum twists

As physicists delve deeper into the quantum realm, they are discovering an infinitesimally small world composed…