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Fresh Approach Needed To Tackle Biopesticide Resistance

Research suggests that farmers can help manage resistance risks by planting a wider diversity of crops and using multiple biopesticides.
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You May Be Stuck With Your Same Old Genome, but Corals Aren’t

Some corals live to be hundreds and, even thousands of years old. They were born with genes that were successful back in their parent’s generation, so how can these old corals still be successful now?
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Vegetables' Organosulfur Content Quantified

Scientists quantified the health-associated reactive polysulfide content of 22 different types of vegetables, revealing that they are not only found in alliums, such as onions and garlic but also in brassicas, such as broccoli and cabbage.
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Releasing Valuable Plant Fibers From Their Lignin Prison

Researchers prove that tough, woody lignin, which surrounds valuable plant fibers and other molecules that could be converted into biofuels and other commodity chemicals, can be broken down in an anaerobic environment.
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Rice Crops Suffer When Atmospheric CO2 Is Elevated

According to research, elevated atmospheric CO2 reduces soil phosphorus availability in rice crops by more than 20%.
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75% of People Don’t Know What a Preprint Is

New research from the University of Georgia suggests most people don’t understand the difference between a preprint and a published academic journal article.
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Common Sweetener Linked to Increased Clotting and Cardiovascular Risk

According to a study published in Nature Medicine, elevated levels of erythritol in the blood are linked with an increased risk of cardiovascular events, including heart attack and stroke.
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Protein Found in Soy Lowers Levels of “Bad” Cholesterol

Soybeans have been known to reduce low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol – also known as “bad” cholesterol – for some time, but new research has identified the specific protein involved in this mechanism and how it works.
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New AI-Driven Method To Improve Additive Manufacturing

Researchers have developed a new method for detecting and predicting defects in 3D printed materials, which could transform the additive manufacturing process.
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Calcium Materials Put to the Test in Effort To Reduce Arsenic Uptake by Crops

Researchers compared the efficacies of calcite and phosphogypsum in mitigating the crop uptake of arsenate ions from soil, a heavy metal contaminant that poses a threat to human health.
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