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Beehives act as 'living immune systems' with layered antimicrobial defenses
Researchers have discovered honey beehives act as "living immune systems" that help protect the bee colony, its offspring and food supplies from disease. The fi...
Birds are among Earth's most important nutrient movers
Birds play an outsized, underappreciated role in shaping Earth's chemistry, distributing nutrients across oceans, forests and coral reefs and sustaining life fa...
The hidden global market behind recycling revealed
Recycling may happen far from the place where waste is produced. Paper, metals, plastics and glass discarded in one country can be shipped across the world and...
Simpler recycling process recovers pure raw materials from acrylic glass without solvents
Large quantities of acrylic glass are used worldwide in a wide range of applications, from windowpanes and car taillights to furniture. The polymer is also know...
New wheat disease detection tool established in Tanzania
John Innes Centre researchers have trained scientists from across Tanzania to use new loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assays to rapidly detect whe...
How enzymes locally block cell wall repair, allowing cells to fuse in an irreversible manner
The fusion of two cells is a decisive event in the sexual reproduction of many organisms. In fungi, cells must not only bring their membranes together and merge...
Fully implementing methane plans could reverse emissions growth but miss 2030 target
A new study, led by IIASA researchers and coauthored by UNEP colleagues, finds that if governments fully implement their methane reduction plans, they could red...
Cosmic 'hamburger' offers rare edge-on view of where giant planets may take shape
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) were surprised to discover the earliest phases of giant planet formation between the d...
Webb reveals metal-rich gas around Milky Way's central black hole
The gas orbiting Sagittarius A (Sgr A*), the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, is rich in metals, researchers at McGill University'...
40 days to arrive, 40 days to leave: How Armenian culture honors life's most important moments
Earlier this year, I gave birth to my fourth child. My baby and I entered "karasunk," the traditional Armenian 40-day postpartum period during which mother and...
AI helps reveal what sustainability issues companies emphasize
Every loaf of bread has a carbon footprint, a supply chain and a workforce behind it. As climate change, food safety and labor rights attract growing attention,...
Molecular pendulum shuttles protons to enable rapid hydrogen production in enzymes
Nearly all metabolic processes require protons—positively charged hydrogen atoms. Although these are abundant in the cellular fluid, the biocatalysts involved d...