Overexpression of the OsNF-YC4 gene increased protein content in rice plants. Credit: New Phytologist (2024). DOI: 10.1111/nph.20141 A Mississippi State biologist’s research in improving global nutrition and sustainability is featured this week in New Phytologist. Ling Li, an associate professor in the MSU Department of Biological Sciences, has spent more than a decade studying rice … Read more
This multiwavelength image of the Cloverleaf ORC (odd radio circle) combines visible light observations from the DESI (Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument) Legacy Survey in white and yellow, X-rays from XMM-Newton in blue, and radio from ASKAP (the Australian Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder) in red. Credit: X. Zhang and M. Kluge (MPE), B. Koribalski (CSIRO) An … Read more
Illustration of the general methodology. “Sorg” is for “organosulfur gases,” “GC” is for “gas chromatograph,” and “SCD” is for “sulfur chemiluminescence detection.” Credit: The Astrophysical Journal Letters (2024). DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ad74da One way to understand the potential for life on far-off planets—those in other solar systems that orbit different stars—is to study a planet’s atmosphere. Telescopic … Read more
Head football coach salaries at top NCAA colleges have shot upward in recent years, and WVU economists say that’s about more than rising revenues from college athletics. Their research shows colleges are paying big money for top coaches who can serve as recruiting tools to draw the best student-athletes. Credit: WVU / Lindsay Cook West … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain This school year, many of the nation’s adolescents and teens are sitting in class without the device that can sometimes feel like an added appendage: their smartphones. States such as Florida, Indiana, Ohio, South Carolina, and Louisiana have passed laws recently to ban or restrict cell phones in K-12 schools, while … Read more
Aerial photograph of the Oued Beht ridge and river, highlighted in color. Credit: Toby Wilkinson Archaeological fieldwork in Morocco has discovered the earliest previously unknown farming society from a poorly understood period of northwest African prehistory. This study, published today in Antiquity, reveals for the first time the importance of the Maghreb (northwest Africa) in … Read more
Graphical abstract. Credit: The Journal of Physical Chemistry A (2024). DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.4c02860 A new study by Rice University researchers led by Jason Hafner could open new pathways for understanding how cholesterol influences cell membranes and their receptors, paving the way for future research on diseases linked to membrane organization. This research was published in the … Read more
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Seafood is a major industry in New England. It generates a lot of revenue for coastal communities, but with that productivity can come a lot of waste. Right now, that waste—things like crab and lobster shells—is just dumped into landfills where it decomposes slowly and releases greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. … Read more
An adult white-naped crane affixed with unique color bands to identify the individual in Mongolia. Credit: Wildlife Science and Conservation Center (WSCC) of Mongolia Knowing how animals use their environments to survive and thrive is a key challenge for predicting how global climate change will affect wildlife. A global collaborative study of four species of … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A little-known threat to tourists in the form of stinging jellyfish could affect those who like to take a dip in between lazing in the heat on the sun-drenched beaches of Málaga (Spain). These sea creatures are of increasing concern along Spain’s most tourism-dependent coastline, the Costa del Sol with more … Read more
