The tree Radka Wildova and Jonathan Rosenthal wanted to show me was only a few hundred feet from the trail at Tivoli Bays, a state wildlife management area in Rhinebeck, New York. But getting to it required bushwhacking through a thicket of non-native honeysuckle, multiflora rose, and poison ivy.
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New Tomato, Potato Family Tree Shows that Fruit Color and Size Evolved Together
Fruits of Solanum plants, a group in the nightshade family, are incredibly diverse, ranging from sizable red tomatoes and purple eggplants to the poisonous green berries on potato plants.
A Hidden Treasure in the Milky Way – Astronomers Uncover Ultrabright X-Ray Source
Astronomers uncovered that a well-known X-ray binary, whose exact nature has been a mystery to scientists until now, is actually a hidden ultraluminous X-ray source.
Unexpected Diversity of Light-Sensing Proteins Goes Beyond Vision in Frogs
Frogs have maintained a surprising diversity of light-sensing proteins over evolutionary time, according to a new study led by a Penn State researcher.
AI Shows How Field Crops Develop
Tool developed at the University of Bonn should enable yield forecasts, among other things, in the future.
Surprising Vortex Behind New Solar Cell and Lighting Materials
Metal-halide perovskites have quickly advanced in the last decade since their discovery as a semiconductor that outshines silicon in its conversion of light into electric current.
