A herbarium specimen of Cheiranthera linearis (commonly known as finger-flower), collected in 1912 by Edwin James Semmens, former principal of the Victorian School of Forestry. […]
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Microbial consortia for the conversion of biomass into fuels and chemicals
IntroductionAs part of the multiform effort to obviate fossil-based resource consumption, biomass represents a viable source of carbon feedstock for use in the production of materials and chemicals. While theoretically carbon neutral, biomass can present…
Microbial assisted zinc biofortification of wheat germplasm for the amelioration of zinc malnutrition
IntroductionProduction of nutritious and safe food in sufficient quantities for ensuring food availability and nutritional…
Microbial cities and the future of self-healing concrete
Comment Published: 08 July 2025 Nature Cities (2025)Cite this article Subjects Biocement, a product of…
Satellite imagery-driven models support chickpea farmers in the field
Chickpea Field. Credit: Omer Perach A new study introduces a machine learning tool that combines satellite imagery and weather data to monitor chickpea crop health. […]
Pocket-sized device detects E. coli in minutes
Researchers paired a vector network analyzer (VNA) with a small sensor to create a handheld device that can rapidly detect E. coli bacteria in water. […]
Poplar tree discovery could help shape the future of energy and biomaterials
A light microscopy image of a cross section of a Populus trichocarpa stem (diameter of full section: 5 millimeters). The magenta color in the cells […]
Deploying electric harps and muzzles to protect bees from Asian hornets
The Asian hornet is feared to pose a major threat to honey production, pollination services, biodiversity, and native hornet, bee, and wasp populations. Credit: CABI […]
VantAI, Halda Therapeutics Launch $1B+ Proximity-Based Therapy Collaboration
VantAI, an AI-based company focused on programmable protein interactions, and Halda Therapeutics, a clinical-stage oncology company, has announced a research collaboration, worth over $1 billion […]
Researchers glimpse the inner workings of protein language models
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Within the past few years, models that can predict the structure or function of proteins have been widely used for a […]
HybriSeq: probe-based device-free single-cell RNA profiling
Introduction With its ability to profile individual transcriptomes of many cells, single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNAseq) has proven to be an invaluable tool in understanding cell-to-cell […]
A comparative analysis of the microbiome of cigars produced in the Caribbean and China
Introduction Unlike cigarettes, cigars are made of whole tobacco leaves. Before rolling into cigars, tobacco leaves undergo air-curing, fermentation, and ageing. Fermentation is the most […]
A robust method for assessing mitochondrial function in healthy and diseased frozen cardiac tissue
Introduction Among all organs in the body, the heart has the highest metabolic rate reflecting its extensive workload and energy demand1. Mitochondria generate the majority […]