What goes into making plants taste good? For scientists in MIT’s Media Lab, it takes a combination of botany, machine-learning algorithms, and some good old-fashioned chemistry.
The Future of Agriculture is Computerized
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Wild Bees Flock to Forested Areas Affected by Severe Fire
A groundbreaking two-year study in southern Oregon found greater abundance and diversity of wild bees in areas that experienced moderate and severe forest fires compared to areas with low-severity fires.
Future-Proofing a Forest
Thetford Forest is a unique 47,000-acre landscape straddling the border of Norfolk and Suffolk in the East of England.
Adiponectin, the Hormone That Protects Women Against Liver Cancer
A key characteristic of liver cancer, which affects more than 1 million people worldwide each year, is that it is more common in men than in women.
The Sense of Water—and Nitrogen
A team of researchers has tested how each gene within the genome of rice—one of the world’s most important staple crops—senses and responds to combinations of water and nutrients.
WVU Researchers Identify How Light at Night May Harm Outcomes in Cardiac Patients
In a study funded by the National Institutes of Health, West Virginia University neuroscientists linked white light at night—the kind that typically illuminates hospital rooms—to inflammation, brain-cell death and higher mortality risk in cardiac patients.
