A virus can stop bacteria from sharing genes for antibiotic resistance among themselves, Texas A&M AgriLife researchers have discovered. The results hint at new ways to treat infections and describe a new feature of a highly diverse, largely unexplored part of the biosphere.

The study, published recently in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, was led by Lanying Zeng, Ph.D., associate professor in the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics.

“The United States generates the most plastic waste of any other country in the world, but rather than looking the problem in the eye, we have outsourced it to developing countries and become a top contributor to the ocean plastics crisis,” Nick Mallos, senior director of Ocean Conservancy’s Trash Free Seas program and a co-author of the study, said in a statement.

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Food and pollination services are important for everyone: humans, production animals and wildlife alike.

At this very moment, a technological solution that identifies transport modes is helping residents of Lahti reduce their carbon footprint.

In Alzheimer’s disease, the peptide amyloid-beta begins to form clumps in the brain.

There have been many documented cases of Covid-19 “super-spreading” events, in which one person infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus infects many other people. 

Today, the imminent climate change crisis demands a shift from conventionally used fossil fuels to efficient sources of green energy. 

Beta-blockers could potentially be used to treat COVID-19, according to a new international study by Italian and Australian scientists.

Imperial researchers have created drones that can attach sensors to trees to monitor environmental and ecological changes in forests.

Within the scientific community, it is estimated that artificial intelligence — otherwise meant to serve as a means to effectively combat climate change — will become one of the most egregious CO2 culprits should current trends continue. 

A team of European researchers discovered a new high-pressure mineral in the lunar meteorite Oued Awlitis 001, named donwilhelmsite [CaAl4Si2O11].