by Sylvia Kreyssel, Leibniz-Institut für Alternsforschung – Fritz-Lipmann-Institut e.V. (FLI) Daily routine: animal keeper Clemens Peters collects data on the health status of the fish at the FLI. Credit: FLI The welfare of fish drives Dr. Beate Hoppe and her team every day. The animal keepers, scientists and veterinarians at the Leibniz Institute for Ageing … Read more
Bibliographic analysis using Vosviewer software exhibits the relationship between climate change, environmental degradation, economic development, GDP, GHGs, energy use, and sustainability. Credit: Environmental Science and Ecotechnology In a recent study published in the journal Environmental Science and Ecotechnology, researchers evaluated the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) in the EU-27 from 1990 to 2019. The study focuses … Read more
Mature ‘Red Delicious’ apple (Malus ×domestica) cortex with functional xylem vessels-stained pink using an acid fuchsin dye. Primary (ventral; blue circles) xylem vessels form in a ring of 10 around the dorsal (green circles) xylem vessels located next to seed locules, maximum of 5. Credit: American Society for Horticultural Science Harvesting apple (Malus × domestica) … Read more
Credit: American Society for Horticultural Science Sweet corn (Zea mays L.var. rugosa or saccharata) is sown across a wide range of dates to provide a steady supply of marketable ears for fresh market and processing. Because the product is perishable, marketable ears must be harvested in a timely manner. A steady supply of marketable ears … Read more
An X-ray reconstruction of a 32-million-year-old fossil kelp holdfast colored to show the base (orange), holdfast (yellow) and the bivalve shell to which it attached (blue). Credit: Dula Parkinson/Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory The unique underwater kelp forests that line the Pacific Coast support a varied ecosystem that was thought to have evolved … Read more
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Climate change is reshaping forests differently across the United States, according to a new analysis of U.S. Forest Service data. With rising temperatures, escalating droughts, wildfires, and disease outbreaks taking a toll on trees, researchers warn that forests across the American West are bearing the brunt of the consequences. The study, … Read more
Credit: Industrial Crops and Products (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2023.117317 A research team from the universities of Jaén and São Paulo in Brazil has confirmed that hydrogen can be obtained from vine shoots through a process that does not require fossil fuels and does not emit pollutants. With their work, they manage to give new value to … Read more
The Welsh countryside near the Coed Cochion Quarry, where the fossils were found. Credit: Curtin University Curtin-led research has for the first time precisely dated some of the oldest fossils of complex multicellular life in the world, helping to track a pivotal moment in the history of Earth when the seas began teeming with new … Read more
Real life picture of continuous photocatalytic Hydrogen generation reactor and accessory setup. Credit: Elsevier, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy Environmental pollution and affordable clean energy are the two major sustainable development goals set by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015. All countries set their goals for decarbonization by the year 2050 and increasing the … Read more
Overview of the HTE dataset and framework. a, Overview of HiTEA and its analysis is shown. Comparison of the literature reactome with HiTEA reactome will reveal support for our mechanistic conclusions (agreement of reactomes) or reveal areas of bias/unusual chemical phenomenon (disagreement of reactomes). b, Abstracted representations of the four reaction classes analyzed by HiTEA … Read more
