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Reviving California’s Wildflowers: Affordable Solutions for a Blooming Future

California's native wildflowers are being smothered by layers of dead, invasive grasses. A new study shows that simply raking these layers can boost biodiversity and reduce fire danger. California's native wildflowers are being smothered by layers of dead, invasive grasses. A new UC Riverside study shows that simply raking these layers can boost biodiversity and

Enhancing Potato Safety: Tackling Toxins for Healthier Harvests

Scientists have discovered a way to remove toxic compounds from potatoes and tomatoes, making them safer to eat and easier to store. The breakthrough could cut food waste and enhance crop farming in extreme environments, like outer space. Scientists have discovered a way to remove toxic compounds from potatoes, making them safer to eat and

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Reviving California’s Wildflowers: Affordable Solutions for a Blooming Future

California's native wildflowers are being smothered by layers of dead, invasive grasses. A new study shows that simply raking these layers can boost biodiversity and reduce fire danger. California's native wildflowers are being smothered by layers of dead, invasive grasses. A new UC Riverside study shows that simply raking these layers can boost biodiversity and

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Reviving California’s Wildflowers: Affordable Solutions for a Blooming Future

California's native wildflowers are being smothered by layers of dead, invasive grasses. A new study shows that simply raking these layers can boost biodiversity and reduce fire danger. California's native wildflowers are being smothered by layers of dead, invasive grasses. A new UC Riverside study shows that simply raking these layers can boost biodiversity and

Manipulating the Gears of Existence: Exploring Life’s Intricate Mechanisms

Opening new doors for the development of nanotechnologies in medicine and other fields, scientists recreate and compare two natural mechanisms to better program the timescale of molecular communication and functionality. Living organisms monitor time -- and react to it -- in many different ways, from detecting light and sound in microseconds to responding physiologically in

Enhancing Potato Safety: Tackling Toxins for Healthier Harvests

Scientists have discovered a way to remove toxic compounds from potatoes and tomatoes, making them safer to eat and easier to store. The breakthrough could cut food waste and enhance crop farming in extreme environments, like outer space. Scientists have discovered a way to remove toxic compounds from potatoes, making them safer to eat and
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The Evolving Landscape of Atmospheric Rivers: What Lies Ahead

Communities up and down the West Coast of the United States can expect atmospheric rivers to evolve as the climate warms. But residents in Southern California will see much different changes than residents in more northerly locations like Seattle Communities up and down the West Coast of the United States can expect the potent storms

Unveiling the Intricacies: How Cells’ Own RNA Elicits Antiviral Defense Mechanisms

A new role has been uncovered for a cell's own RNA in fending off attacks by RNA viruses. Some of the cell's RNA molecules, researchers found, help regulate antiviral signaling. These signals are part of the intricate coordination of immune responses against virus invasion. With RNA increasingly seen as both a drug and a druggable

Exploring the Hidden World: Insights from the First Worldwide Analysis of Subsurface Microbiomes

Which microbes thrive below us in darkness -- in gold mines, in aquifers, in deep boreholes in the seafloor -- and how do they compare to the microbiomes that envelop the Earth's surfaces, on land and sea? The first global study to embrace this huge question reveals astonishingly high microbial diversity in some subsurface environments

Massive Virus Unveils Essential Protein-Making Machinery Found in Cellular Life

Researchers recently discovered that a virus, FloV-SA2, encodes one of the proteins needed to make ribosomes, the central engines in all cells that translate genetic information into proteins, the building blocks of life. This is the first eukaryotic virus (a virus that infects eukaryotes, such as plants, animals, fungi) found to encode such a protein.

Unraveling the Genetic Secrets Behind the Global Spread of Deadly Parasites

Parasites that cause the deadly illness known as sleeping sickness can spread beyond their native Africa as a result of mutations to key genes, a study shows. The findings reveal that climate change and measures to control populations of tsetse flies, which carry the disease, may drive molecular changes in the organisms that cause sleeping

Alcohol Consumption May Intensify Nut Allergy Reactions, Study Finds

Findings of a new study into severe allergic reactions offer a sobering warning to people allergic to tree nuts and, more broadly, could lead to quicker diagnoses in emergency care for people with all anaphylactic allergies. Findings of a new study into severe allergic reactions offer a sobering warning to people allergic to tree nuts

Unraveling the Gut-Lung Connection: The Role of a Novel Microbe

A team has discovered a new communication pathway between the gut and lung. Their findings highlight how a little-known member of the gut microbiome reshapes the lung immune environment to have both beneficial and detrimental effects on respiratory health. A team led by University of Toronto researchers has discovered a new communication pathway between the

Innovative Solutions: Enhancing Flu Vaccine Efficacy with New Techniques

Stitching together four molecules found in the standard flu vaccine ensures an immune response to all of them, scientists have shown. Stanford Medicine scientists have designed a way to make our seasonal influenza vaccinations more broadly effective and possibly to protect us from new flu variants with pandemic potential. In a study set to publish

New Research Debunks Link Between Antibiotics and Dementia Risks

For healthy older adults, using antibiotics is not associated with an increased risk of cognitive impairment or dementia, according to a new study. For healthy older adults, using antibiotics is not associated with an increased risk of cognitive impairment or dementia, according to a study published in the December 18, 2024, online issue of Neurology®

Unearthing Secrets: How a Unique Fossil Seed is Expanding Our Understanding of Los Angeles’ Climate History

Scientists have successfully identified a previously unknown species to Southern California from fossilized seeds, revealing a drought-fueled dance between two species of juniper with lessons for the region's climate future. La Brea Tar Pits scientists have identified a previously unknown juniper species to the La Brea Tar Pits as Juniperus scopulorum, commonly known as the

Rising Numbers of Americans Face Water Insecurity in Major Cities Post-Financial Crisis, Study Uncovers

More American cities -- even those seen as affluent -- are home to people living without running water as people are being 'squeezed' by unaffordable housing and the cost-of-living crisis, new research finds. More American cities -- even those seen as affluent -- are home to people living without running water as people are being

A Celebration of Ancient Skies: The Reunion of Dinosaurs and Their Feathered Kin

A new study finds nearly 50 hidden relatives of Pterodactylus, the first pterosaur. Joined by its newly discovered relatives, Pterodactylus's 'family' now encompasses tiny flaplings, a host of teenagers, some mums and dads and even a few large old seniors. Fluorescing bones stimulated by powerful LED UV torches, revealed invisible details of the head, hands