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Increasing the dose of folic acid currently proposed to fortify flour would prevent about 80% of neural tube defects, which result in life-threatening and disabling spinal conditions such as spina bifida and anencephaly, a recent study argues.

Researchers have developed a new quantitative RT-qPCR assay that is able to detect the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater.

A new study has analyzed the ongoing role of home gardens in conserving Central Asia's agrobiodiversity, which has provided a food safety net in times of food insecurity.

According to research, areas of land managed or controlled by Indigenous peoples tend to have significantly more primate biodiversity than nearby regions.

A controlled trial suggests that these non-nutritive sweeteners affect the human gut microbes and may alter glucose metabolism; the effects vary greatly among individuals.

Researchers used micro- and nanoparticles created from organic materials including corncobs and tomato peel to capture rare earth elements from aqueous solutions.

The eruption of an underwater volcano near Tonga caused waves of 90 meters, highlighting the need for better detection and monitoring systems for these events.

The flash of lightning and the dance of auroras contain a fourth state of matter known as plasma, which researchers have harnessed to produce a gas that may activate plant immunity against wide-spread diseases.

Three phenols that naturally occur in foods such as green tea, olive oil and red wine have been shown to inhibit an enzyme crucial to coronavirus replication.

For the first time, RIPE researchers have proven that multigene bioengineering of photosynthesis increases the yield of the major food crop soybean in field trials.