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The quality of Nigerian home-grown rice is poor: Here's why
Processing agricultural products—adding value by transforming them from basic commodities—increases their worth, appeal and market value.…
Uncovering the hidden life of 'dead' coral reefs
“Dead” coral rubble can support more animals than live coral, according to University of Queensland researchers…
New advancement in nanophotonics has the potential to improve light-based biosensors
As COVID-19 swept across the world this year, claiming hundreds of thousands of lives, it quickly…
Research finds deep listening could help fight climate change
Curtin University research has found deep listening or Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) could be used…
'Attack helicopters' an online subculture to watch out for
While trolls have been around almost as long as the Internet, “incels” are a more recent…
Climate change fuels sharp increase in glacier lakes
The volume of lakes formed as glaciers worldwide melt due to climate change has jumped by…
Trump administration finalizes coal plant pollution rollback
The Trump administration on Monday finalized its weakening of an Obama-era rule aimed at reducing polluted…
Drones can be a source of disturbance to wintering waterbird flocks
Newly published research, in Bird Study, carried out by the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) in…
Researchers study how weather news impacts public transit ridership
If the words in a weather forecast, such as “cool,” “sunny” or “windy,” can influence the…