Underneath forests lies the wood wide web, a complex network of fungi, and bacteria connected to the roots of plants and trees. This subterranean social network is much older than
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Carelessly designed climate change mitigation policies could negatively affect food security placing an additional 160 million people at risk of hunger by 2050, according to a new study published on
On the Antarctic peninsula, nitrogen-rich poop from seal and penguin colonies create biodiversity hotspots by enriching the soil, according to a new study published on 9 May in Cell Press
Owing to the absence of light at the bottom of the ocean, scientists previously believed that the deeper a fish lives, the less complex their visual system would be. But
Being overweight is no longer just an urban problem, as once thought. A new study published on 8 May in Nature suggests weight gain in rural areas may, in fact,
For the first time, researchers have analysed gene expression patterns of individual cells of patients with Alzheimer’s disease. In an early release of the study, published on 1 May in
A new paper published last month in Bioinformatics has presented a new statistical tool that can map population data faster and more accurately than previously (1). The new software, called
Australian researchers have discovered a potential antidote to the deadly box jellyfish sting. The paper, published on 30 April in Nature Communications, suggests a cholesterol-lowering drug can block symptoms in
Not all fat cells are the same, according to a new paper published on 30 April in Cell Reports. And the makeup of these seemingly diverse fat cell populations could
A new study led by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in Washington shows that in addition to reducing the severity and number of extreme weather events, effective climate