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Scientists find ways to improve cassava, a ‘crop of inequality’ featured at Goalkeepers

World leaders gather for the UN General Assembly on the 25th September, hundreds of emerging leaders focused on fighting global inequality came together at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s third annual Goalkeepers event in New York City. Among them, University of…

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Lettuce Mitochondrial Genome is Like a Chopped Salad

The mitochondrion, “the powerhouse of the cell.” Somewhere back in the very distant past, something like a bacterium moved into another cell and never left, retaining some of its own DNA. For billions of years, mitochondria have passed from mother…

Isabel08/10/2019

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The next agricultural revolution is here

As a growing population and climate change threaten food security, researchers around the world are working to overcome the challenges that threaten the dietary needs of humans and livestock. A pair of scientists is now making the case that the…

Isabel07/10/2019

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Biologists untangle growth and defense in maize, define key antibiotic pathways

In order to meet the demands of growing human populations, agricultural production must double within the next 30 years. Yet the health of today’s crops and the promise of their yield face a rising slate of threats—from pests to chaotic…

Isabel04/10/2019

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Global change is triggering an identity switch in grasslands

Grasslands make up more than 40% of the world's ice-free land and have sustained humanity and thousands of other species for eons. In addition to providing food for cattle and sheep, grasslands are home to animals found nowhere else in…

Isabel03/10/2019

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Scientists find ways to improve cassava, a ‘crop of inequality’ featured at Goalkeepers

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Biologists untangle growth and defense in maize, define key antibiotic pathways

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