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Offshore Mussel Farms May Bring Wider Environmental Benefits

In addition to helping meet global fish consumption demands, there is also the potential for aquaculture to have wider benefits for the marine environment.
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UK’s Oldest Human DNA Analyzed, Revealing Two Distinct Populations

Researchers from University College London (UCL) Institute of Archaeology, the Natural History Museum and the Francis Crick Institute have sequenced the oldest human DNA obtained from the British Isles to date.
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Secrets of Mass Bloom in World’s Driest Desert Invisible to the Human Eye

Advanced imaging has shown that the variation in flower color and pattern of a mass bloom in the Atacama desert in 2021 is much greater when viewed by the UV-sensitive eyes of hymenopteran pollinators, and could lead to new species.
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Tire Particles Are Impacting Fresh Water Bodies

New modelling suggests increasing amounts of microplastics—fragments from tires and roadways—are ending up in lakes and streams.
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What Seawater Can Tell Us About Life Below the Surface

Seawater holds “memories” in the form of DNA from fish and invertebrates that have recently passed by, which scientists are using to track “biogeography” like we forecast the weather.
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Light Absorption Improved in Perovskite/Si Tandem Solar Cells

A novel film made from silicon dioxide nanoparticle and large phosphor particles has been shown to increase the light absorption and transmittance of tandem solar cells.
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Butterfly Wing Patterns Emerge From Non-Coding DNA

Butterfly wing patterns have a basic plan to them, which is manipulated by non-coding regulatory DNA to create the diversity of wings seen in different species, according to new research.
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Hope That Panama Disease in Bananas Can Be Controlled

According to research, major classes of fungicides do not work against a new race of the fungus that causes Panama disease in banana plants, but a more specialized class of anti-fungal chemistries could suppress disease and maintain banana plant health.
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Plant Water Stress, Not Termites, Cause Namibia’s Fairy Circles

Researchers have shown that the bare patches in Namibia’s fairy circles are caused by grasses around the circles depleting the water within the circles and inducing the death of the grasses inside the circles.
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Neanderthal DNA Provides a Glimpse Into Ancient Family Life

A new study has comprehensively analyzed DNA sequences from ancient Neanderthals occupying a remote region of southern Siberia. The findings offer a rare insight into Neanderthal family life.
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