Are your strawberries bland? Pesticides could be to blame
Have you ever bitten into a plump, red strawberry, only to find it bland and watery? Certain pesticides might be responsible. A team reporting in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry has found that two common strawberry fungicides can impac.....»»
Worrisome New Coronavirus Mutations Are Emerging. Why Now?
Across the globe, SARS-CoV-2 is evolving ways to evade the immune system and become more infectious. Blown pandemic response plans are to blame......»»
“We’re failing”: Ex-Warp Speed leader proud, deflects blame on vaccines
Slaoui defends his team, says criticism is a “huge misunderstanding.” Enlarge / President Donald Trump listens as Moncef Slaoui, the former head of GlaxoSmithKlines vaccines division, speaks about coronavirus vaccine development in the Rose.....»»
Google threatens to shut Australian search instead of paying news sites for links
The problem is that news sites—which have been struggling to adapt their business model in an increasingly digital, online age—haven’t fared well in recent years, and blame the likes of Google and Facebook for lost advertising revenue......»»
Everlight uses LED lighting to enhance color of strawberries
Everlight Electronics has provided LED horticultural lighting using specific spectrums for an organic strawberry farm in northern Taiwan to enhance strawberries' color transcription into red, according to the company......»»
The best free photo-editing software for 2021
Don't want to pay a monthly subscription for Photoshop? We don't blame you. Check out our list of the best free photo-editing software you can use right now......»»
Modern tomatoes can"t get same soil microbe boost as ancient ancestors
Tomato plants are especially vulnerable to foliar diseases that can kill them or impact yield. These problems require a number of pesticides in conventional crops and make organic production especially difficult......»»
Bacteria carried by mosquitoes may protect them against pesticides
A common bacterial species naturally infecting mosquitoes may actually be protecting them against specific mosquito pesticides, a study has found......»»
Climate Deniers Shift Tactics to "Inactivism"
Fossil fuel interests are trying to blame climate change on individuals while also sowing division, says Michael Mann, one of their prime targets -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
Manatees had a terrible 2020. Rainfall and floodgates are partly to blame
In a year when a third of manatee fatalities in Florida were not investigated because COVID-19 restrictions limited necropsies and boat strikes once again topped deaths caused by humans, one indicator stood out: manatees killed by floodgates and lock.....»»
Lawmakers’ “safe room” may have been full of coronavirus, Capitol doc warns [Updated]
NJ Congresswoman tests positive, first to blame superspreading event during riot. Enlarge / Workers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) clean an entry to the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021. (credit: Getty | Bloom.....»»
Analysis: Peer review process unlikely to be primary cause of gender publishing inequalities in scholarly journals
An international team of analysts reports evidence that suggests it is not likely that the peer review process is to blame for gender publishing inequalities in scholarly journals. In their paper published in the journal Science Advances, the group d.....»»
US: Hack of Federal Agencies "Likely Russian In Origin"
Top national security agencies in a rare joint statement Tuesday confirmed that Russia was likely responsible for a massive hack of U.S. government departments and corporations, rejecting President Donald Trump's claim that China might be to blame. T.....»»
"Companies Are Fleeing California. Blame Bad Government."
Bloomberg Editorial Board: Amid raging wildfires, rolling blackouts and a worsening coronavirus outbreak, it has not been a great year for California. Unfortunately, the state is also reeling from a manmade disaster: an exodus of thriving companies t.....»»
Scientists turn toxic pesticide into treatment against antibiotic-resistant bacteria
N-Aryl-C-nitroazoles are an important class of heterocyclic compounds. They are used as pesticides and fungicides. However, these substances could be toxic to humans and cause mutations. As they are not frequently used, there is little data about the.....»»
Discovery: How Colorado potato beetles beat pesticides
The Colorado potato beetle is a notorious pest—and a kind of unstoppable genius......»»
"Yes, people have Zoom fatigue but it"s not our fault"
Zoom director Aparna Bawa says video conferencing can tire people out, but her firm isn't to blame......»»
Open data shows lightning, not arson, was the likely cause of most Victorian bushfires last summer
As last summer's horrific bushfires raged, so too did debate about what caused them. Despite the prolonged drought and ever worsening climate change, some people sought to blame the fires largely on arson......»»
Newegg keeps restocking new graphics cards, but they always sell out in minutes
Are bots still to blame for GPU shortages?.....»»
Highlights of the day: Samsung reportedly sees yield issues for 8nm process
Samsung is keen on catching up with TSMC in advanced node semiconductor manufacturing, but sources blame unsatisfactory yield rates for 8nm process at the Korean foundry for short supply of Nvidia's new GeForce RTX 30 GPUs. The Korean giant, however,.....»»