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1+ hour, 9+ min ago   (86+ words) Phosphorus is one of those elements that rarely makes headlines, yet civilization depends on it almost entirely. The world’s food supply is built on phosphate fertilizers, and those fertilizers are mined from phosphate rock, a finite resource concentrated in a…...

1+ hour, 8+ min ago   (55+ words) Scientists in Australia have developed a robust and reproducible genetic transformation system for Brassica carinata, an ancient East African oilseed that is rapidly emerging as one of the most promising non-food feedstocks for sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel. The…...

2+ hour, 23+ min ago   (85+ words) One of the most basic assumptions in neuroscience data analysis is quietly being overturned. A new study published in the journal Neuroinformatics shows that two groups of neurons can appear to divide their labor in the brain for no reason…...

2+ hour, 23+ min ago   (748+ words) In the world of biological pest control, few organisms are as commercially important as the entomopathogenic fungi of the genus Beauveria....

20+ hour, 21+ min ago   (849+ words) Scientists have identified a previously unrecognized molecular pathway that protects aging blood vessel cells from the DNA damage that drives vascular decline, and the discovery could point toward new strategies for preventing age-related cardiovascular disease....

23+ hour ago   (744+ words) Mitochondria have long been cast as the batteries of the cell, and their decline has been framed for decades as the molecular equivalent of a battery running flat: less ATP, more reactive oxygen species, and faster ageing. A new review…...

1+ day, 18+ min ago   (734+ words) Every tumor tells a story in its DNA, but the mutations themselves are only half the tale. Scientists have long known that breast cancers can be sorted into clinically meaningful subtypes based on gene-expression patterns such as the widely used…...

1+ day, 32+ min ago   (839+ words) The black rabbits of China have long been prized by local farmers for their hardiness, their flavorful meat, and their remarkable ability to thrive where commercial breeds struggle. Yet despite centuries of informal reputation, the genetic secrets of two of…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (802+ words) Deep in the mountains and arid plains of Iran, a quiet revolution in plant science is taking shape under the microscope. A new cytogenetic investigation has charted the chromosomes of thirty species spanning sixteen genera of Apioideae, the largest and…...

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