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Forest composition can impact tick populations, and prescribed burning could be used to alter forest habitats to a state that is less favorable for disease-carrying ticks.

According to research, strategies to reduce mercury use in gold mining each have possibly dangerous issues.

In addition to helping meet global fish consumption demands, there is also the potential for aquaculture to have wider benefits for the marine environment.

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.

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.

New modelling suggests increasing amounts of microplastics—fragments from tires and roadways—are ending up in lakes and streams.

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.

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.

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.

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.