Climate change has always left its footprint on land and in the seas where bivalves such…
The growth of a wheat weed can be predicted to reduce the use of herbicides
Wild oats are a kind of grass weed and one of the greatest enemies of certain…
Researchers develop a hydrogel for enhanced cell encapsulation and delivery
Tissue engineering is a medical solution that uses living cells to repair or replace structural tissue,…
Inclusion of a crop model in a climate model
Crop models are parameterization schemes that simulate the processes of crop development and production. Their inclusion…
Optical toric code platform sets new record
Anyons form the basis for topological quantum computation and error correction, where the topological aspect of…
Ancient trash mounds suggest climate change could have hastened fall of part of Byzantine Empire
A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in Israel has found evidence that suggests rapid…
Color-changing sparks
Sparks are a fascinating phenomenon well-known from campfires, flint stones and electric sparklers and other pyrotechnic…
A key player in the maturation of sexual organs
Puberty is a period of extensive changes of body morphology and function. Relatively little is known…
Cellular microRNA detection with miRacles
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short noncoding regulatory RNAs that can repress gene expression post-transcriptionally and are therefore…
Why photosynthesis works better for some plants than others
RuBisCO plays a key role in photosynthesis and is one of the most abundant enzymes in…