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Diverse landscapes help insects cope with heat stress, study shows
Global warming is affecting terrestrial insects in multiple ways. In response to increasingly frequent heat extremes,…
New study investigates how humidity may increase heat risk in urban climates
As temperatures across the globe reach record-level highs, urban areas are facing increased heat stress. Cities…
Degrading viral RNA to treat SARS-CoV-2 infection
Development of vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 has been rapid, but the rise of variants forces scientists to…
Bird flu outbreak spreads across West African migratory route
An avian influenza outbreak has been detected in the West African nations of Senegal and The…
Automated soybean seed counting: Grading existing methods for improved accuracy
Farming is one of the oldest activities in the world and has always been at the…
Novel 'registration' method identifies plant traits in close-up photos
Modern cameras and sensors, together with image processing algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI), are ushering in…
Benchmarking deep-learning methods for more accurate plant-phenotyping
In crop-breeding, plant phenotyping is the detailed study of a plant’s characteristic ‘visible’ or phenotypic features.…
Counting photons for quantum computing
Experts in nuclear physics and quantum information have demonstrated the application of a photon-number-resolving system to…
Study reveals ERK activity is a molecular switch between scarring and tissue regeneration
Why do some animals regenerate lost tissues after injury while others don’t? Researchers from the lab…