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Adapting roots to a hotter planet could ease pressure on food supply

The shoots of plants get all of the glory, with their fruit and flowers and visible structure. But it's the portion that lies below the soil—the branching, reaching arms of roots and hairs pulling up water and nutrients—that interests plant physi.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgJul 30th, 2021

The global orange juice crisis is caused by disease and bad weather: How to keep it on the breakfast table

Just as the world is coming out of the tea crisis, another breakfast staple, orange juice, is in the spotlight. Supply constraints have led to prices shooting up by more than 20% in a year......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 10th, 2024

Study finds fresh water and key conditions for life appeared on Earth a half-billion years earlier than thought

We need two ingredients for life to start on a planet: dry land and (fresh) water. Strictly, the water doesn't have to be fresh, but fresh water can only occur on dry land......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 8th, 2024

Will food chains break as seasons become more unpredictable?

"There are really four dimensions," begins the narrator of The Time Machine, H. G. Wells's classic Victorian adventure novel. "Three which we call the three planes of space and a fourth, time." Humans cannot help but think of time as somehow differen.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 8th, 2024

The End of El Niño Might Make the Weather Even More Extreme

The shift from El Niño to La Niña will see temperatures drop, but when one weather system swings to the other, summers tend to be hotter than average—meaning 2024 could be even warmer and wilder than last year......»»

Category: gadgetSource:  wiredRelated NewsJun 8th, 2024

With So Much Bird Flu Around, Are Eggs, Chicken, and Milk Still Safe to Consume?

A food microbiologist explains why you shouldn’t worry about consuming poultry or dairy—so long as you take the right precautions......»»

Category: gadgetSource:  wiredRelated NewsJun 8th, 2024

Former astronaut William Anders, who took iconic Earthrise photo, killed in Washington plane crash

William Anders, the former Apollo 8 astronaut who took the iconic "Earthrise" photo showing the planet as a shadowed blue marble from space in 1968, was killed Friday when the plane he was piloting alone plummeted into the waters off the San Juan Isl.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 8th, 2024

Aquaculture overtakes wild fisheries for first time: UN report

Aquaculture is playing an increasingly important role in meeting the world's food needs, surpassing wild fisheries in aquatic animal production for the first time, according to a report published Friday......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 8th, 2024

NASA is commissioning 10 studies on Mars Sample Return—most are commercial

SpaceX will show NASA how Starship could one day return rock samples from Mars. Enlarge / An artist's concept of a Mars Ascent Vehicle orbiting the red planet. (credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) NASA announced Friday that it wil.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsJun 8th, 2024

HomeKit Weekly: Abode Lock and Keypad highlights the benefits of platform integration

I’ve been using as my security system for over four years at this point. Even when I built a new house in 2022, I decided to choose Abode once again despite being able to pick from anything. It strikes a really nice balance between ease of use, st.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsJun 7th, 2024

Research team uses CRISPR/Cas9 to alter photosynthesis for the first time

A team from the Innovative Genomics Institute at the University of California, Berkeley (UCB) has produced an increase in gene expression in a food crop by changing its upstream regulatory DNA. While other studies have used CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing t.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsJun 7th, 2024

Lawmakers call for the ban of 2 Chinese suppliers to Ford, Volkswagen

Lawmakers send letters that allege suppliers use forced labor along their supply chain......»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsJun 7th, 2024

Study sheds light on how conflicting processes occur within a single cell

Most organisms on this planet rely on the circadian clock to function properly. New research published in Nature Communications from the Pakrasi Lab investigates the function of the clock in unicellular nitrogen fixing cyanobacteria—microbes that e.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 7th, 2024

New insights into how cyanobacterial proteins cycle carbon in changing conditions

The products of photosynthesis are easy to point out. Plants, algae and cyanobacteria create the air we breathe and the fuel for food webs as they turn carbon dioxide and water into oxygen and sugars. How photosynthesis works, though, is much harder.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 7th, 2024

Desert hero unveiled: Cissus quadrangularis genome decodes drought survival tactics

As water scarcity looms as a major threat to global ecosystems and food production, the quest to understand how plants like Cissus quadrangularis conquer arid landscapes is more critical than ever. The genetic blueprint of such species could hold the.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 6th, 2024

Marsupials key to discovering the origin of heater organs in mammals

Around 100 million years ago, a remarkable evolutionary shift allowed placental mammals to diversify and conquer many cold regions of our planet. New research from Stockholm University shows that the typical mammalian heater organ, brown fat, evolved.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 6th, 2024

Sustainable business models infused with agri-innovation systems can reduce post-harvest food loss and waste

Reducing post-harvest food loss and waste is a major sustainability challenge in low- and middle-income countries, some of which are major agrarian economies supplying global value chains. However, there is insufficient research in this field even to.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 6th, 2024

Study shows rewarding dogs with praise and petting helps them learn more efficiently

Dogs' learning success is enhanced when they are not only rewarded with food, but also praised and petted for their good performance, according to a new study by researchers from the Department of Ethology at ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, publish.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 6th, 2024

New model reveals how tubular tissues form uniform channels

RIKEN scientists have developed a model that explains the orderly patterning process of cytoskeletons underlying the formation of a network of tubular structures that supply our bodies with the oxygen and nutrients we need to survive. The study is pu.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 6th, 2024

The rise of horse power ~4,200 years ago

All domestic horses living on the planet today, whether racetrack champions, pony-club companions, or heavy draft giants, find their origins in the western Russian steppes of the third millennium BCE. However, the exact chronology of horse domesticat.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 6th, 2024

How milk proteins interact with caffeine in espresso

The swirl of milk and espresso—a small storm in your mug—doesn't impact the dynamics of the milk proteins, according to research published in ACS Food Science & Technology......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 6th, 2024