Researchers discover root exudates have surprising and counterintuitive impact on soil carbon storage

Researchers examined root exudates and their impact on soil carbon storage revealing surprising and counterintuitive results. …

Mom's dietary fat rewires male and female brains differently

New findings in mice show that excessive weight gain while pregnant tips the scales for male…

Biodiversity in Africa and Latin America at risk from oil palm expansion, new report warns

Zero deforestation commitments may inadvertently leave vital habitats in Latin America and Africa vulnerable to agricultural…

Non-detection of key signal allows astronomers to determine what the first galaxies were — and weren't — like

Researchers have been able to make some key determinations about the first galaxies to exist, in…

Adventurous bird personalities can help population cope with climate change

The areas in the Wadden Sea where red knots, plump migratory birds, spend the winter are…

Making the most of quite little: Improving AI training for edge sensor time series

Engineers have demonstrated a simple computational approach for improving the way artificial intelligence classifiers, such as…

New Green Revolution gene discovery sows hope of drought resilient wheat

Researchers have discovered a new height-reducing gene Rht13 which means that seeds can be planted deeper…

DNA sequence enhances understanding origins of jaws

Researchers have discovered and characterized a DNA sequence found in jawed vertebrates, such as sharks and…

Protein shapes indicate Parkinson's disease

Researchers have found that a set of proteins have different shapes in the spinal fluid of…

Animals are key to restoring the world's forests

By dispersing seeds, animals can rapidly reestablish plant diversity in degraded forests. Click here…