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Food waste

Food Waste: The Biggest Loss Could be What You Choose to Put in Your Mouth

21.03.2018
Environment, Plants and Agriculture
A new analysis suggests hundreds of millions more could eat from the same resources with plant-based diets
micro crystals

Solar Materials Found to Be Self-Healing

26.02.2018
Environment, Energy, Materials Science
These materials can bring us one step closer to a sustainable future
Illustration: Trees in Africa

Dry but Fruitful: Semi-Arid Forests Could Offset Climate Change

29.01.2018
Earth Sciences, Environment, Plants and Agriculture, Climate
Planting trees in some surprising places could increase rainfall and lower atmospheric carbon
Rotem Sorek reef fish ecology

Making Larvae Count

13.12.2017
Evolution and Development, Genetics, Environment
Genetic barcodes are used to quantify crucial populations in a coral reef ecosystem  
Google Earth map displaying storm tracks in the North Atlantic region

Off Track: How Storms Will Veer in a Warmer World

13.11.2017
Planetary Science, Climate
Weizmann Institute of Science research uncovers the internal mechanisms driving storms toward the poles
Dr. Daniella Schatz and Prof. Assaf Vardi

Algae Open “Message in a Bottle” at Their Own Risk

09.11.2017
Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Evolution and Development, Earth Sciences, Environment, Climate
Are tiny packages of cellular material helping the algal cells or the viruses that infect them? 
Beet-colored tomatoes

Rhapsody in Red Violet

14.08.2017
Biochemistry, Nutrition, Systems Biology, Plants and Agriculture
Pigments made by beets may help boost resistance to disease and the nutrition value of crops
tomatoes

Give Me a Break: Chromosomal Breaks Facilitate Precise Breeding in Plants

04.07.2017
Life Sciences, Stem Cells, Genetics, Plants and Agriculture
Using the plant's own DNA repair mechanisms could help breeders select the traits they want
dust storm

The Dust Storm Microbiome

27.06.2017
Viruses & Microorganisms, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Environment, Climate
Wind from the desert brings more than dust
algal bloom from space

A Blooming Desert in the Heart of the Ocean

06.04.2017
Environment, Climate
How do algal blooms spread in areas where nutrients are scarce? 

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21.03.2018
Food Waste: The Biggest Loss Could be What You Choose to Put in Your Mouth
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