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Social Sciences Aug 19, 2021

We throw away a third of the food we grow: What to do about waste

The COVID pandemic has shown the fragility of our global food supply chains, with many supermarkets and restaurants in almost every country having experienced food shortages. Millions of people in the UK alone have experienced ...

Plants & Animals Aug 16, 2021

Search for elusive skinks is filling gaps in Mozambique's biodiversity data

Every morning the phone buzzes, many times in short succession, as the students send photo after photo of the snakes, frogs and lizards that have been caught in various traps the previous day. We scroll through the images. ...

Political science Aug 11, 2021

Populistist parties use parliamentary instruments differently

Populist parties in national parliaments have a different style of working from their colleagues in other parties. They often vote against Cabinet proposals, but do not ask more questions about Cabinet activities. This is ...

Cell & Microbiology Aug 10, 2021

Neutralizing the SARS-CoV-2 sugar coat

Researchers have identified two sugar-binding proteins that impede the viral entry of circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants. The team, spearheaded by researchers at IMBA—Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy ...

Space Exploration Jul 12, 2021

Using AI to discover landing and exploration sites on the moon

A moon-scanning method that can automatically classify important lunar features from telescope images could significantly improve the efficiency of selecting sites for exploration.

Ecology Jul 5, 2021

Open-plan office noise increases stress and worsens mood: we've measured the effects

If you've ever felt your noisy open-plan office makes you cranky and sends your heart racing, our new research shows you aren't imagining it.

Ecology Jun 23, 2021

Midwest bumble bees declined with more farmed land, less diverse crops since 1870

As farmers cultivated more land and began to grow fewer types of crops over the last 150 years, most native bumble bee species became rarer in Midwestern states.

Environment Jun 21, 2021

'Preventing more, picking up less.' Proliferating plastic pollution sparks change in approach

As plastic pollution soars—filling waterways, air, soil and living things with the material—some in St. Louis are joining efforts to confront the crisis through new approaches.

Biotechnology Jun 21, 2021

Plant probes make sense for sustainable farming

A method for making ultrathin sensors for monitoring the health of crops could help farmers grow more food without putting extra demands on the land.

Biotechnology Jun 9, 2021

Rapamycin changes the way our DNA is stored

Our genetic material is stored in our cells in a specific way to make the meter-long DNA molecule fit into the tiny cell nucleus of each body cell. An international team of researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Biology ...

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