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Strawberry Size Impacted by Exposure of Bees to Pesticides

Solitary bees that ingested the pesticide clothianidin when foraging from rapeseed flowers became slower. In addition, the strawberries pollinated by these bees were smaller, a recent study found.
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Wastewater Monitoring Could Aid Understanding of Monkeypox Spread

Monkeypox is spreading rapidly throughout many parts of the world. To get a fast understanding of how the virus is moving through communities, researchers suggest turning to wastewater epidemiology.
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Reactor Created That Can Destroy "Forever Chemicals"

Researchers have created a reactor that can completely break down hard-to-destroy "forever chemicals" using "supercritical water".
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Soybean Virus May Give Plant-Munching Bugs a Helping Hand

Researchers have shown that infection with a plant virus can increase the lifespan and improve the reproduction potential of soybean thrips, which in turn, help the virus to spread to soybean plants.
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A Novel Route to Tasty Popcorn

Infrared cooking using a pilot infrared popping system has been identified as yet another way people can make popcorn that taste-testers liked.
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Artificial Light Is Becoming Bluer. That Has Consequences for Our Sleep.

An innovative project featuring the first composite nighttime color maps of the Earth’s surface has revealed the extent of the shift in the color spectrum that our after-dark light has undergone in the last decade.


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Hydrogen Produced From Seawater

Scientists have identified a potential method for producing hydrogen from the oceans.
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Conifer's Complex Communication Can Be Altered by Air Pollution

Upon attack by bark-feeding weevils, conifers have been found to release substantial quantities of volatile organic compounds that provide important cues to neighboring seedlings.
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Catching Seafood Fraudsters With Chemical Fingerprinting

Universal chemical fingerprints that can trace the geographic origins of many marine species have been developed to help combat seafood fraud and stop illegal and unsustainable fishing.
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Plants Bought From Nurseries Can Expose Insects to Harmful Pesticides

According to a study, every milkweed plant sampled from retail nurseries across the United States was contaminated with pesticides harmful to monarch caterpillars that rely on the plant.
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