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The new wheat line growing in the field. The wheat on the right has the extra flower-bearing spikelets artificially highlighted in pink to show their extent. Image: The University of Adelaide.

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Increasing the protein content of wheat by up to 25 per cent

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Milling gypsum and urea with steel balls creates a so-called co-crystal that releases its nitrogen only slowly. Credit: Ruder Boskovic Institute, Krunoslav Užarevi

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A purely mechanical method can produce a novel more sustainable fertilizer in a less polluting way

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Challenges of our Age

Could the key to animal-free meat and more be a tiny ocean microbe?

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Data from the wearable sweat sensor developed at UT Dallas can show changes in the levels of biomarkers. A recent study shows that the sensor can detect two key biomarkers to help diagnosticians determine whether a viral infection may be present.

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Fungi-based microbial meat alternatives could halve deforestation by 2050

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A bacterial enzyme converts carbon dioxide into carbon compounds 20 times faster than plant enzymes do during photosynthesis

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Screening for Alzheimer’s, ADHD and other neurological diseases at home with a new smart app

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A drug-resistant mould is spreading from the environment and infecting susceptible people’s lungs

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Sugar beet at a farm in South East England, cultivated with basalt

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A 45 percent reduction in atmospheric carbon dioxide by using rock dust in agriculture in the UK

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The field of animal ecology has entered the era of big data and the Internet of Things

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Challenges of our Age

Organic pollutants can have their toxicity increased tenfold by concentrating in microplastics

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Another milestone in the development of cultivated meat using 3D bioprinting

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Challenges of our Age

Screening for Alzheimer’s, ADHD and other neurological diseases at home with a new smart app

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4 weeks ago

Data from the wearable sweat sensor developed at UT Dallas can show changes in the levels of biomarkers. A recent study shows that the sensor can detect two key biomarkers to help diagnosticians determine whether a viral infection may be present.

Challenges of our Age

Fungi-based microbial meat alternatives could halve deforestation by 2050

32 Views

3 weeks ago

Challenges of our Age

A bacterial enzyme converts carbon dioxide into carbon compounds 20 times faster than plant enzymes do during photosynthesis

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4 weeks ago

Challenges of our Age

A drug-resistant mould is spreading from the environment and infecting susceptible people’s lungs

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1 month ago

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Climate change and intensive agricultural land use have already been responsible for a 49% reduction in the number of insects

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The new wheat line growing in the field. The wheat on the right has the extra flower-bearing spikelets artificially highlighted in pink to show their extent. Image: The University of Adelaide.

Increasing the protein content of wheat by up to 25 per cent

15 Views

2 weeks ago

Milling gypsum and urea with steel balls creates a so-called co-crystal that releases its nitrogen only slowly. Credit: Ruder Boskovic Institute, Krunoslav Užarevi

A purely mechanical method can produce a novel more sustainable fertilizer in a less polluting way

13 Views

2 weeks ago

Could the key to animal-free meat and more be a tiny ocean microbe?

19 Views

3 weeks ago

Data from the wearable sweat sensor developed at UT Dallas can show changes in the levels of biomarkers. A recent study shows that the sensor can detect two key biomarkers to help diagnosticians determine whether a viral infection may be present.

Fungi-based microbial meat alternatives could halve deforestation by 2050

32 Views

3 weeks ago

A bacterial enzyme converts carbon dioxide into carbon compounds 20 times faster than plant enzymes do during photosynthesis

31 Views

3 weeks ago

Screening for Alzheimer’s, ADHD and other neurological diseases at home with a new smart app

33 Views

4 weeks ago

A drug-resistant mould is spreading from the environment and infecting susceptible people’s lungs

30 Views

4 weeks ago

Sugar beet at a farm in South East England, cultivated with basalt

A 45 percent reduction in atmospheric carbon dioxide by using rock dust in agriculture in the UK

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4 weeks ago

Ingestion of microplastics can trigger evolutionary changes

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4 weeks ago

Climate change and intensive agricultural land use have already been responsible for a 49% reduction in the number of insects

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4 weeks ago

The world’s first biodegradable shoe: Sustainable sneakers

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4 weeks ago

Another milestone in the development of cultivated meat using 3D bioprinting

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The field of animal ecology has entered the era of big data and the Internet of Things

50 Views

3 months ago

Organic pollutants can have their toxicity increased tenfold by concentrating in microplastics

39 Views

1 month ago

Another milestone in the development of cultivated meat using 3D bioprinting

34 Views

1 month ago

Screening for Alzheimer’s, ADHD and other neurological diseases at home with a new smart app

33 Views

4 weeks ago

Data from the wearable sweat sensor developed at UT Dallas can show changes in the levels of biomarkers. A recent study shows that the sensor can detect two key biomarkers to help diagnosticians determine whether a viral infection may be present.

Fungi-based microbial meat alternatives could halve deforestation by 2050

32 Views

3 weeks ago

A bacterial enzyme converts carbon dioxide into carbon compounds 20 times faster than plant enzymes do during photosynthesis

31 Views

3 weeks ago

A drug-resistant mould is spreading from the environment and infecting susceptible people’s lungs

30 Views

4 weeks ago

Climate change and intensive agricultural land use have already been responsible for a 49% reduction in the number of insects

27 Views

4 weeks ago

Sugar beet at a farm in South East England, cultivated with basalt

A 45 percent reduction in atmospheric carbon dioxide by using rock dust in agriculture in the UK

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4 weeks ago

A new breed of honey bees provides a major advance in the global fight against the parasitic Varroa mite

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Previous understanding of such textures was disjointed

A new toolkit to quickly discover mineral deposits crucial to ‘green economy’ transition

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A wearable air sampling device can assess your personal exposure to SARS-CoV-2

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Increasing the effectiveness of antibiotics

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The world’s first biodegradable shoe: Sustainable sneakers

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Ingestion of microplastics can trigger evolutionary changes

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Could the key to animal-free meat and more be a tiny ocean microbe?

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Controlling pandemics costs far more than preventing them

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A thermophotovoltaic (TPV) cell (size 1 cm x 1 cm) mounted on a heat sink designed to measure the TPV cell efficiency. To measure the efficiency, the cell is exposed to an emitter and simultaneous measurements of electric power and heat flow through the device are taken. Image: Felice Frankel

A heat engine with no moving parts converts heat to electricity with over 40 percent efficiency

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Less than one third of scientific results are reproducible?

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The new wheat line growing in the field. The wheat on the right has the extra flower-bearing spikelets artificially highlighted in pink to show their extent. Image: The University of Adelaide.

Increasing the protein content of wheat by up to 25 per cent

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2 weeks ago

Is cognitive activity operating on a planetary scale necessary to tackle global issues such as climate change?

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1 month ago

A chemical used in electric vehicle batteries could also give us carbon-free fuel for space flight

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Aegilops sharonensis in its natural habitat

A promising way to give wheat immunity to the biggest pathogen threat that reduces yields by 21% world wide

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It looks like climate change has begun to suffocate the world’s oceans

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4 months ago

An age-old solution to the global phosphorus crisis – wildlife

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Milling gypsum and urea with steel balls creates a so-called co-crystal that releases its nitrogen only slowly. Credit: Ruder Boskovic Institute, Krunoslav Užarevi

A purely mechanical method can produce a novel more sustainable fertilizer in a less polluting way

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2 weeks ago

What to do about the illegal and unsustainable wildlife?

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5 months ago

The presence of the MCR-9 gene in Georgia is a major concern for public health

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4 months ago

Saving the Cavendish banana with a new grafting technique

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5 months ago

Use fossil power plants at full capacity for one last time . . . and then switch them off forever?

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6 months ago

A map showing mining sites (in red) and areas of high aggregate demand (in blue). via UNIGE / UQ

A novel solution to drastically reduce world’s largest waste stream and help avoid a sand sustainability crisis

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1 month ago

There are just too many unknowns for deep-sea mining

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1 month ago

In order to meet climate change threats wind and solar power development has to increase dramatically

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5 months ago

Space junk is a serious waste of space

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5 months ago

Decarbonization technologies take a very large step to clean the air

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5 months ago

A way to stop fossil fuels causing global warming?

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5 months ago

The ability to predict which viruses could infect humans, which animals host them, and where they could emerge from using AI

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5 months ago

Plans for planetary defense begin in earnest with a test launch today

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6 months ago

A way to remove microplastics from wastewater with okra and aloe

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1 month ago

The ability to future-proof crops?

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5 months ago

The ability to reverse antibiotic resistance in bacteria that cause conditions such as sepsis, pneumonia, and urinary tract infections

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5 months ago

New study of low ocean oxygen levels indicates potentially devastating impacts for fisheries and ecosystems

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7 months ago

Millions of jobs at stake: Marine heatwaves could wipe out an extra six per cent of a country’s fish catches if we don’t act

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7 months ago