With already thin profit margins and increasingly uncertain farm labor and other input costs, precision agriculture technology could improve New England’s small and medium-sized farms’ efficiency, productivity, and resilience. Unfortunately,…
Category: 5. Biology
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Researchers show the insights drones can provide by monitoring corn on small farms
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New findings explain how lysosomal defects trigger neuronal energy failure
Together with colleagues from Stanford University, USA, researchers at the Leibniz Institute on Aging – Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI) have, for the first time, created a comprehensive cell type-specific atlas of lysosomes in the…
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Europa’s ice may be feeding a hidden ocean that could support life
A new study from geophysicists at Washington State University sheds light on how nutrients could travel from the surface of Europa into the moon’s hidden ocean. Europa, one of Jupiter’s largest moons, is considered one of the most promising…
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40 years of tree-tracking records reveal how global change is impacting Amazon and Andean Forest diversity
New research published in Nature Ecology and Evolution reveals significant recent shifts in tree diversity among the tropical forests of the Andes and Amazon, driven by global change.
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Discovery of PITTs shows platelets can switch from clotting to driving vessel inflammation
A team from Würzburg has fundamentally changed our understanding of platelet biology. The researchers demonstrate that the surface protein integrin αIIbβ3 is not only a key molecule in blood clotting, but can also act as a pro-inflammatory…
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‘No Evidence’ that Cannabis Helps Chronic Neuropathic Pain
A systematic review of 21 studies found no strong evidence for cannabis being able to soothe neuropathic pain. The corresponding study was published in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
Between…
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‘No Evidence’ that Cannabis Helps Chronic Neuropathic Pain
A systematic review of 21 studies found no strong evidence for cannabis being able to soothe neuropathic pain. The corresponding study was published in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
Between…
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Whales may divide resources to co-exist under pressures from climate change
The North Atlantic Ocean is warming up. Higher temperatures and increased human activity in the region can trigger abrupt changes in marine ecosystems, for example, how species are distributed and what they eat.
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Scientists ranked monogamy across mammals and humans stand out
Humans appear to be much closer to animals like meerkats and beavers than to most other primates when it comes to exclusive mating, according to new research from the University of Cambridge. The study presents a comparative ranking that measures…
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Q&A: Is liverwort humanity's savior? Possibilities in food and medicine
Research on using Marchantia polymorpha, commonly known as liverwort, a plant closely related to moss, for food and as an ingredient in medicine and supplements is being conducted at Kobe University.
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