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| New food freezing concept improves quality, increases safety and cuts energy use Posted: 02 Sep 2021 02:48 PM PDT Shifting to a new food freezing method could make for safer and better quality frozen foods while saving energy and reducing carbon emissions, according to a new study. A complete change over to this new method of food freezing worldwide could cut energy use by as much as 6.5 billion kilowatt-hours each year while reducing the carbon emissions that go along with generating that power by 4.6 billion kg, the equivalent of removing roughly one million cars from roads. |
| Getting to the core of a more nutritious apple Posted: 02 Sep 2021 02:47 PM PDT A new platform housing data from over 100 apple varieties could shave years off of the breeding process and enable data-driven assessments of how to boost the health benefits of America's favorite fruit. |
| Scientists discover a mechanism for memory transfer between individuals in C. elegans Posted: 02 Sep 2021 02:47 PM PDT Researchers demonstrated that the microscopic worm C. elegans uses a retrotransposon called Cer1 to transfer a learned behavior (avoidance of a pathogenic bacterium) between worms. |
| Mountaintop mining causes 40% loss of aquatic biodiversity Posted: 02 Sep 2021 02:47 PM PDT Using environmental DNA scans of Appalachian streams, researchers found that the effects of mountaintop coal mining in West Virginia are even more widespread than previously reported: Streams from heavily mined watersheds harbor 40% fewer species than streams with cleaner water. |
| Cavalier King Charles spaniels carry more harmful genetic variants than other breeds, study finds Posted: 02 Sep 2021 02:46 PM PDT Recent dog breeding practices have loaded up cavalier King Charles spaniels with disease-causing mutations, including variants linked to the common heart condition, myxomatous mitral valve disease (MMVD), according to new findings. |
| Indian wolf among world’s most endangered and distinct wolves Posted: 02 Sep 2021 02:46 PM PDT The Indian wolf could be far more endangered than previously recognized, say first scientists to sequence its genome. Indian wolves could also represent the most ancient surviving lineage of wolves. |
| Natural exposure to wildfire smoke increased pregnancy loss in rhesus macaques Posted: 02 Sep 2021 02:46 PM PDT Rhesus macaques naturally exposed to wildfire smoke early in pregnancy had an increased rate of miscarriage, according to new research. |
| Grim warning for Aussie species in conservation checklist Posted: 02 Sep 2021 09:49 AM PDT The first comprehensive list of the threats to Australia's most endangered plants and animals reveals blunt news about the future for some of the country's favorite species. The study has compiled a data set, listing the threats to Australian species from habitat loss, fragmentation, and degradation. |
| Coastal grape growers can use less water during drought Posted: 01 Sep 2021 01:11 PM PDT California grape growers in coastal areas can use less water during times of drought and cut irrigation levels without affecting crop yields or quality, according to a new study. |
| Doubling the number of species of hand-standing spotted skunks Posted: 01 Sep 2021 06:00 AM PDT Spotted skunks aren't as well-known as their striped cousins, and scientists still have a lot to learn about them, starting with how many kinds of them even exist -- over the years, the number of recognized species has ranged from two to fourteen, and lately, scientists have agreed there are four. But in a new paper, researchers analyzed skunk DNA and found that there aren't four species of spotted skunk after all: there are seven. |
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