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Discover how turfgrasses could help cities without expensive gas monitoring equipment accurately measure their greenhouse gas emissions.

Two antimicrobial peptides effectively killed Salmonella in chickens, highlighting their potential to enhance food safety and combat antibiotic resistance.

Discover how leucine – an amino acid found in meat, dairy and legumes – increases cellular energy, opening new possibilities for treating metabolic diseases.

Discover how global warming could dramatically alter rainfall patterns, with scientists predicting significantly increased precipitation in the Sahara Desert.

Discover how a new "self-stacking" electrode design can dramatically reduce the risk of lithium-metal battery explosions, improving electric vehicle safety.

Discover how soil microbes evolve in response to their climate conditions, helping plants to survive drought and other challenging conditions.

The astringent taste of flavanols, which are found in cocoa, red wine and berries, has been shown to trigger brain activity for memory and stress response.

Learn how turning food waste into sustainable aviation fuel could help the aviation industry meet its ambitions net-zero emissions targets.

Discover how the fossil fuel-heavy power grid in China may counteract the benefits of using their bamboo tissue paper for American consumers.

In San Diego’s Mission Bay, scientists discovered a hybrid seagrass that thrives where others die. Combining genes from shallow- and deep-water species, the hybrid can grow in murky, low-light waters thanks to inherited “circadian clock” genes.