The majority of the world’s population live in countries that are dependent on, at least to some extent, imported food, according to a new study published on 17 April in
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As the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread and people around the globe retreat to their homes to avoid infection, hundreds are lining up to be injected with the novel coronavirus
Last month, an ambitious project began in Australia to save the Great Barrier Reef from further bleaching due to global warming. By using harmless salt crystals to boost a naturally
Coronavirus antibody tests are being touted as a potential way to relax social distancing measures. Certainly, reliable tests could help understand which groups of people have been previously infected with
The current international health crisis could lead to a much-welcomed fall in global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, however, while a boon for the climate in the short-term, the slowdown in
Over the past few months, the novel coronavirus has spread rapidly to over 100 countries and it now seems clear that it will likely spread to all counties on the
A new study might explain why sea turtles ingest so much plastic. The findings, published on 9 March in Current Biology, provide evidence that the turtles mistake the smell of
Sunlight is required for photosynthesis, but too much sunlight can damage plants. So, to protect themselves, plants avoid so-called photodamage by expelling excess light as heat. How they achieve this
For the first time, scientists at the Casey Eye Institute at the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) in Portland in the US have used CRISPR gene editing directly inside
Tropical forests are rapidly losing their ability to absorb carbon from the atmosphere, according to a new study published on 4 March in Nature (1). The new findings suggest the