A prolonged drought in southeastern Connecticut reduced the stability of microorganisms responsible for a critical step in the nitrogen cycle in a coastal salt marsh, according to research led by a Connecticut College scientist and published in…
Category: 5. Biology
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Prolonged drought linked to instability in key nitrogen-cycling microbes in Connecticut salt marsh
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Gut Microbes Make a Metabolite That Increases Inflammation
The microbes in the human gastrointestinal tract can exert a strong influence on our bodies, in part by creating and modifying molecules that come from our diet. For example, gut microbes can break down…
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Gut Microbes Make a Metabolite That Increases Inflammation
The microbes in the human gastrointestinal tract can exert a strong influence on our bodies, in part by creating and modifying molecules that come from our diet. For example, gut microbes can break down…
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Gut Microbes Make a Metabolite That Increases Inflammation
The microbes in the human gastrointestinal tract can exert a strong influence on our bodies, in part by creating and modifying molecules that come from our diet. For example, gut microbes can break down…
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Vitamin-A Boosted Tomato Could Combat Global Deficiency
Researchers have engineered a tomato that carries much higher levels of vitamin A than tomatoes usually do, in an effort to help treat one of the most common vitamin deficiencies in the world. Since the tomato…
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Vitamin-A Boosted Tomato Could Combat Global Deficiency
Researchers have engineered a tomato that carries much higher levels of vitamin A than tomatoes usually do, in an effort to help treat one of the most common vitamin deficiencies in the world. Since the tomato…
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Radiocarbon dating rewrites angiosperm trees' lifespan records worldwide
For decades, scientists have relied on tree rings to estimate how long trees can live. But new research suggests that this widely used method may have been underestimating the lifespan of many flowering trees—sometimes by centuries. A new…
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Planting big native trees early can simplify forest restoration in Aotearoa
Native forest restoration usually starts with faster growing “nurse plants” that provide shelter under which to plant bigger trees—but new research suggests some big canopy trees can be planted early too. Scientists monitored over 1800 canopy…
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Ancient plant-eater with a twisted jaw and sideways-facing teeth was a 'living fossil' in its own time
In a dry riverbed in Brazil, in a dense forest near the Amazon, a team of paleontologists found a fossilized jawbone from an ancient animal. Over the course of their fieldwork, they found eight similar bones, each around six inches long—but no…
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Jackdaw chicks listen to adults to learn about predators
Jackdaw chicks learn about predators by listening to adults, new research shows. Scientists played recordings of predator calls to chicks in their nests—and paired the sounds with either adult jackdaw “alarm” calls or “contact” calls that…
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