Plants’ hidden allies: Root microbiota fight back against leaf-mining flies

Plants’ hidden allies: Root microbiota fight back against leaf-mining flies

Plants encounter various biotic stresses, with insect herbivory being particularly destructive. Traditional chemical insecticides used to combat these pests pose environmental and health risks. Plants encounter various biotic stresses, with insect herbivory being particularly destructive. Traditional chemical insecticides used to combat these pests pose environmental and health risks. Cell & Microbiology Agriculture Phys.org – latest science and technology…

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Mass breeding of desert locusts unlocks new food source

Mass breeding of desert locusts unlocks new food source

Mass breeding of desert locusts in a controlled environment could provide a sustainable source of protein for animals and humans as well as business opportunities in Sub-Saharan Africa, researchers say. Mass breeding of desert locusts in a controlled environment could provide a sustainable source of protein for animals and humans as well as business opportunities in…

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Western Wildfire Smoke Reaches the East Coast

Western Wildfire Smoke Reaches the East Coast

Wildfire smoke from the Western United States and Canada is blowing across the Northeast, lowering air quality and endangering vulnerable populations. Wildfire smoke from the Western United States and Canada is blowing across the Northeast, lowering air quality and endangering vulnerable populations. Fires and Firefighters, Global Warming, Wildfires, Air Pollution, Alberta (Canada), British Columbia (Canada), Oregon, Evacuations…

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Complex life on Earth began around 1.5 billion years earlier than previously thought, new study claims

Complex life on Earth began around 1.5 billion years earlier than previously thought, new study claims

Environmental evidence of the very first experiments in the evolution of complex life on Earth, has been uncovered by an international team of scientists. Environmental evidence of the very first experiments in the evolution of complex life on Earth, has been uncovered by an international team of scientists. Paleontology & Fossils Phys.org – latest science and technology news…

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Old videos of chimpanzees suggest they are capable of speech

Old videos of chimpanzees suggest they are capable of speech

A small team of speech specialists and psychologists from Sweden, the U.K. and Switzerland has found, via study of old videos, that at least three chimpanzees had learned to speak human words, suggesting that the animals are capable of learning this ability given the right circumstances. The work is published in the journal Scientific Reports. A…

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Integrating active and passive microwave satellite data yields more precise global soil moisture mapping

Integrating active and passive microwave satellite data yields more precise global soil moisture mapping

Researchers from the Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in partnership with international colleagues, made strides in mapping surface soil moisture across the globe. They combined data from two advanced satellite systems, the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) and the Advanced Scatterometer (ASCAT), providing more precise and reliable soil moisture data. Researchers…

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