The different geographic and climatic regions from which ragweed pollen originates, as well as the degree of environmental pollution, may influence the severity of allergic reactions such as hay fever and asthma. Pollen from plants in different areas exhibit different levels of aggressiveness.
The value of seagrass to the planet’s future is far greater than appreciated
Experts at the forefront of efforts to restore the UK's coastal seagrass meadows say the remarkable plant's contribution to the UN Sustainable Development goals deserves to be reassessed. Conserving and restoring seagrass meadows actually contributes to achieving 16 out of the 17 goals.
Single-cell approaches and deep learning to map all stages of fruit fly embryo development
Using the fruit fly, scientists have constructed a complete and detailed single-cell map of embryo development. This research will also help scientists pursue questions like how mutations lead to different developmental defects and provides a path to understand the vast non-coding part of our genome that contains most disease-associated mutations.
NASA Data on Plant ‘Sweating’ Could Help Predict Wildfire Severity
A new study uses data from the ECOSTRESS instrument aboard the space station to better understand why some parts of a wildfire burn more intensely than others.
These baboons borrowed a third of their genes from their cousins
Genetic analyses of baboons in Kenya reveals that most of them carry traces of hybridization in their DNA. As a result of interbreeding, about a third of their genetic makeup consists of genes from another, closely-related species. Fifty years of observations turned up no obvious signs that hybrids fare any...
NOAA Still Expects Above-Normal Atlantic Hurricane Season
Preparedness is key during the peak months of hurricane season
NOAA and Saildrone Launch Seven Hurricane-Tracking Surface Drones
Part of an array of marine and air uncrewed tools NOAA is using to improve forecast models
Speeding up evolution at genome-level by alternative chromosome configuration
A research team has uncovered the profound effects of an atypical mode of chromosome arrangement on genome organization and evolution.
Sterile mice produce rat sperm
Researchers generated rat sperm cells inside sterile mice using a technique called blastocyst complementation.
A Better Way to Quantify Radiation Damage in Materials
It was just a piece of junk sitting in the back of a lab at the MIT Nuclear Reactor facility, ready to be disposed of.