Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Engaging children early with science can have long term impacts on subject choices at GCSE and A level, and improve uptake of STEM subjects, according to new research. New research from the University of Nottingham’s School of Psychology suggests that out-of-school science activities, research participation and a child’s family interest can … Read more
Credit: INESC Brussels HUB What if there was a way to collect environmental DNA (eDNA) samples in extreme environments autonomously? And what if this method allowed the collection of more samples and to prevent risk of sample contamination? Portuguese researchers from the Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology and Science (INESC TEC) set out … Read more
A simultaneous rise in the activity of miR156 and gibberellin in the tomato’s floral meristem results in malformed ovaries and misshapen seedless fruit. Credit: ESALQ-USP In an article published in the journal Development, researchers at the University of São Paulo’s Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture (ESALQ-USP) in Brazil describe mechanisms relating to the development … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The Jet Propulsion Laboratory laid off 100 contractors last week and will scale back part of the first-ever effort to bring pieces of Mars to Earth, after a cost-cutting order from NASA that lawmakers called “short-sighted and misguided.” In an email to staff on Thursday, JPL director Laurie Leshin said that … Read more
The cracked earth of the Sau reservoir is visible north of Barcelona, Spain, March 20, 2023. Earth last year shattered global annual heat records, the European climate agency said Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. Credit: AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File Earth last year shattered global annual heat records, flirted with the world’s agreed-upon warming threshold and showed … Read more
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A high-sugar diet is bad news for humans, leading to diabetes, obesity and even cancer. Yet fruit bats survive and even thrive by eating up to twice their body weight in sugary fruit every day. Now, UC San Francisco scientists have discovered how fruit bats may have evolved to consume so … Read more
by KeAi Communications Co. Credit: Peishan Shao, et al Mechanoluminescence (ML) located within the near infrared (NIR) spectral range may hold promising applications in in-situ and real-time biomechanical imaging. This is due to the better spatial resolution and penetration depth of the biological tissues, lower optical loss, and the avoidance of autofluorescence. Historically, rare earth … Read more
(A)Principal component analysis of metabolites identified in receptacles of control samples injected with pFRN-empty (gray dots) against three transgenic fruit pools injected with pFRN-FanCXE1 (green, blue and red dots). (B) Relative concentrations of various esters and alcohols in transgenic and control receptacles. Credit: Horticulture Research Strawberries owe their distinctive flavor to a complex mixture of … Read more
Butterfly populations in Catalonia in northern Spain are better than their UK counterparts at regulating their body temperature by basking in the sunshine, but rising global temperatures due to climate change may put Spanish butterflies at greater risk of extinction. Credit: Andrew Bladon Butterfly populations in Catalonia in northern Spain are better than their UK … Read more
Bronze tomato ripening stages (MG, mature green; B, breaker; B + 7, breaker +7 days; R, ripe); b) Antioxidant capacity of methanolic extracts from fruits measured by TEAC assay; c) Total content of polyphenols measured by Folin–Ciocalteu; d) Soluble solutes, defined by the Brix degrees, measured in aqueous extracts from fruits at the four ripening stages. Significance … Read more
