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Synthetic Receptors for Precise Cell Control Designed

Scientists have developed a groundbreaking new technique for engineering biosensors that respond sensitively to specific biomolecules, enhancing cell migration and targeting in cancer treatment.
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Biochar Could Be an Important Tool for Agriculture To Combat Climate Change

A new review of research suggests that biochar, a charcoal-like, porous substance, could be an important tool to use in agriculture to help mitigate climate change.
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Exploring Bumble Bee Dietary Preferences

A new study has identified the bee’s knees of bumble bee dietary options in Ohio and the Upper Midwest.
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Flexing Crystalline Structures Key to Solid-State Battery Candidate Material Properties

Scientists have uncovered the atomic mechanisms that make a class of compounds called argyrodites attractive candidates for both solid-state battery electrolytes and thermoelectric energy converters.
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Wheat Rust Resistance Genes Encode Unusual Proteins

Researchers have cloned the wheat rust resistance genes and identified that they encode unusual kinase fusion proteins. Their research will enable new options for addressing resistance to disease in bread wheat.
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Chicken Eggs Sexed by Scent

Fertilized chicken eggs can be sexed by “sniffing” volatile chemicals emitted through the shell, according to new research.
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Caribbean Pottery Proffers Earliest Evidence of Wine Drinking in the Americas

Scientists have found what they believe to be the earliest known evidence of wine drinking in the Americas, inside ceramic artefacts recovered from a small Caribbean island.
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Development of Salt Tolerant Crops Is Becoming More Urgent

More effort is needed to bring salt-tolerant crops to the farmers who need them.
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Benefit of Coastal Ecosystems as CO2 Gas Sinks Partly Counteracted by Their Other Emissions

Coastal ecosystems emit methane and nitrous oxide and act as a sink for carbon dioxide. New findings of the greenhouse gas balance of these ecosystems around the world show them to act as a net greenhouse gas sink.
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Early Steps of Coral–Algae Symbiosis Revealed

New research reveals how coral cells tag friendly algae before ingesting them, initiating a mutually beneficial relationship. This information could guide next-level coral conservation efforts.
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