Decoding the EU’s journey to sustainability (1990-2019)

Decoding the EU’s journey to sustainability (1990-2019)

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

Xylem functionality is not a direct indicator of apple preharvest fruit drop: Study

Xylem functionality is not a direct indicator of apple preharvest fruit drop: Study

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

No evidence sowing date influences optimum plant density of sweet corn grown in the midwestern US

No evidence sowing date influences optimum plant density of sweet corn grown in the midwestern US

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

Excessive energy drinks harmful to mental health, study warns

Excessive energy drinks harmful to mental health, study warns

Youngsters who drink lots have an increased risk of anxiety, stress, depression, and suicidal thoughts, researchers from Teesside University and Newcastle University have revealed. High consumption is also linked to increased risky behaviours such as substance use, violence, and unsafe sex, as well as poor academic performance, sleep problems, and unhealthy dietary habits. Lead author … Read more

Fossil holdfasts show kelp far predate animals we see in kelp forests today

Fossil holdfasts show kelp far predate animals we see in kelp forests today

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

Climate change threatens global forest carbon sequestration, study finds

Climate change threatens global forest carbon sequestration, study finds

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

Obtaining hydrogen from vine shoots for biofuel production

Obtaining hydrogen from vine shoots for biofuel production

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

Key moment in the evolution of life on Earth captured in fossils

Key moment in the evolution of life on Earth captured in fossils

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

Food-grade encapsulated photocatalyst materials for clean, green hydrogen generation

Food-grade encapsulated photocatalyst materials for clean, green hydrogen generation

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

Accelerating how new drugs are made with machine learning

Accelerating how new drugs are made with machine learning

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