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Fusarium head blight (FHB) is a destructive disease of wheat that can reduce grain yields and contaminate grain with toxins harmful to humans and live...
Squirrels are usually willing to climb higher to reach their favorite foods, shows new research appearing in Animal Behaviour. Extensive lab studies h...
In a major advance applying insights from quantum physics to the inner workings of biology, a team of WashU researchers has successfully implanted qua...
From 3D movie screens to augmented-reality devices, many modern technologies rely on our ability to manipulate light. Doing so in a cost-effective and...
Combined sewer overflows (CSOs) could be contributing far more pollution to England's rivers than previously recognized, according to new research inv...
The Hawaiian bobtail squid, a small, multi-colored native of coastal waters in Hawai'i, uses bioluminescence to camouflage itself and evade predators....
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it," goes the old adage, which Rice University professor James Chappell completely ignored in a recent Nature Communicat...
The nature of quantum particles has long puzzled scientists. While single-particle interference suggests that a photon can behave like a spread-out wa...
Police violence is judged differently depending on who is affected. When people with an immigrant background are targeted, abusive police actions are...
Nucleic acids such as DNA and RNA play a central role in gene therapies and vaccines. They store and transmit biological information. In order for the...
CRISPR is a powerful DNA-editing tool that has underpinned huge advancements in human health care in the last decade. It is a precision tool, but is n...
Beavers should be embraced as key allies in the fight against biodiversity loss according to scientists at the University of Stirling, after new resea...
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