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Arctic plant roots may play key role in climate change
A new review involving researchers at Umeå University has revealed the critical role that plant roots play in shaping how Arctic tundra ecosystems respond to cl...
Plants may experience 'optical illusions' that affect their direction of growth
A new study from Tel Aviv University reveals how plants, despite having neither a brain nor a nervous system, integrate light coming from multiple directions to...
Canada can develop infrastructure and protect biodiversity
Nearly 200 countries recently came together in Armenia for the 2026 United Nations Biodiversity Conference to review progress toward halting and reversing biodi...
Deep-sea mussels trade tidal rhythms for a 24-hour cycle in the lab
Hydrothermal vents lie in perpetual darkness in the depths of the ocean, yet the cells of the vent mussel Bathymodiolus azoricus, which lives 1,700 meters (5,60...
To restore attention, reach out to nature
The world is a far louder and more distracting place than when humans first evolved. But there's increasing evidence that experiencing nature can help restore a...
Impact of deep-sea mining on seafloor ecosystem still evident 44 years later
Little is known about the long-term effects of deep-sea mining on the organic matter that supports life on the seafloor. However, as interest in mining the deep...
Magnetic nanocomposites could help shrink the components that power computer chips
When you think about making computer chips better, you probably think about transistors. My colleagues and I focused on a less visible part of the problem: the...
Exactly solvable model reveals how trapped light can create magnetic order in one-dimensional spin chains
A research team wanted to better understand how the forces between particles inside a material change. They discovered that by confining one-dimensional classic...
European flounder can complete whole life cycle in freshwater
Most flounders sampled in Lake Pulmanki in northern Finland had spent their entire lives in freshwater. The study provides the first evidence of the species liv...
Industrialization reshapes gut microbes, from bacterial communities to their DNA, studies find
The totality of bacteria, viruses and fungi that exist in and on a multicellular organism forms its natural microbiome. The interactions between the body and th...
Not in a FEMA flood zone? Your home could still be at risk—and you could suffer more than your neighbor
If your home isn't in a federally designated flood zone, flooding might seem like someone else's problem. No one requires you to buy flood insurance, and the ma...
Are we overfertilizing our fields? Researchers challenge conventional soil testing
A new study led by Dr. Shikma Zaarur of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in collaboration with Dr. Ran Erel of the Agricultural Research Organization–Volcani...