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Scientists hope that identifying an essential but formerly unknown stage in the fungal takeover of rice cells can accelerate the treatment or prevention of rice blast disease, which ruins up to 30% of global yields each year.

The banana and berry smoothie combination may be tasty, but does it pack a nutritional punch? Researchers have identified the best combinations of ingredients to maximize nutrient availability of smoothies.

Global warming could see the leaves in the world's tropical forest canopies exceed the temperatures where photosynthesis starts to breakdown. But according to a new model, intervention to reduce carbon emissions could still avert this disaster.

Researchers publish a new report in the journal New Phytologist that expands science’s understanding of natural selection in the face of another evolutionary mechanism called genetic constraint.

A groundbreaking study by Mainz anthropologists and an international team of archaeologists now provides new insights into the origins and genetic structure of prehistoric family communities.

Fresh research suggests that parks do indeed enhance bird diversity inside their borders. Large parks also support higher diversity of both birds and mammals in nearby unprotected areas.

A novel computational modeling method helps to understand and predict extreme heat waves, which may save tens of thousands of lives.

An unexpected discovery surrounding how protons move through graphene has the potential to accelerate hydrogen production, making the process more environmentally friendly.

According to researchers, micro- and nanoplastics in agricultural soil could contribute to antibiotic resistant bacteria with a ready route into our food supply.

The early steps in the conversion of aromatic molecules from traffic into harmful aerosols have been identified by new research.