A solar flare erupts from the sun’s surface in this image captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory in 2012. On rare occasions, much more extreme solar storms affect the Earth …
The extent and nature of insect losses have been hard to quantify. Researchers in Canada are using artificial intelligence to monitor the ongoing mass extinction of insects, hoping to collect …
Outline of the guitar shape in the X-ray and optical image. Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Stanford Univ./M. de Vries et al.; Optical: (Hubble) NASA/ESA/STScI and (Palomar) Hale Telescope/Palomar/CalTech; Illustrated outline: NASA/CXC/K. DiVona; …
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Noninvasive phenotyping has emerged as a vital tool in plant science, enabling the study of stress indicators without disrupting plant growth. While most studies have historically …
Researchers at UC Davis and UC Berkeley’s Innovative Genomics Institute have found a way to produce clonal seeds from hybrid rice varieties. The technique could make hybrids, which can have …
S. pennellii accession LA1941 harbors a significantly elevated level of quantitative resistance against S. sclerotiorum. Credit: Plant Phenomics (2024). DOI: 10.34133/plantphenomics.0214 Quantitative disease resistance (QDR) is a complex but durable …
Researchers developed the TUS Skin Bacteria Co-culture (TSBC) medium, a novel system that enables the balanced cultivation of multiple skin bacteria. This breakthrough allows for a more detailed study of …
A mixed forest leads to less damage to trees, according to extensive data analysed by researchers. Credit: Jan Bengtsson Forests with few tree species pose a considerably higher risk of …
Members of the expedition take samples. Credit: ICTA-UAB The international BIOCAL expedition, led by the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB), provided new …
Reindeer herder Peter Sjaggo standing next to a tree marked with crosses and geometric patterns. Credit: Lars Östlund, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Archaeologists analyzed trees engraved by the Indigenous …