Mixture of crops provide ecological benefits for agricultural landscapes

There are often too few flowering plants in agricultural landscapes, which is one reason for the…

Rest isn't best: Getting kids back to school sooner after a concussion can mean a faster recovery

A new study finds that rest, contrary to popular belief, may not always be the best…

Forests face fierce threats from multiple industries, not just agricultural expansion

Intact forests are important climate regulators and harbors of biodiversity, but they are rapidly disappearing. Agriculture…

Collision risk and habitat loss: Wind turbines in forests impair threatened bat species

In order to meet climate protection goals, renewable energies are booming — often wind power. More…

Physical effect also valid in the quantum world

Physicists have experimentally proven that an important theorem of statistical physics applies to so-called ‘Bose-Einstein condensates.’…

How Huntington's disease affects different neurons

Neuroscientists find two distinct cell populations in the striatum are affected differently by Huntington’s disease. They…

Squid tissues and chemistry combine for versatile hydrogels

The natural abilities of squid tissues and the creativity of chemists combine to take hydrogel research…

Chemists synthesize ocean-based molecule that could fight Parkinson's

Recreating natural molecules in the laboratory as part of the search for potential new drugs for…

Bioenergy: Precision gene editing in miscanthus

Researchers have successfully demonstrated precision gene editing in miscanthus, a promising perennial crop for sustainable bioenergy…

Study reveals key aspect of the finely tuned regulation of gene expression

A team of researchers unveils a novel, key aspect of enhancer-mediated regulation of gene expression and…