Category: Environment
Farmers Can Protect Crops with Ants in Place of Pesticides, Paper Suggests
Ants are often thought to be harmful to crops. However, researchers have now found evidence that they could actually be good substitutes for pesticides. This finding was made by …
Researchers Find Out How to Better Estimate Soot’s Role in Global Warming
Climate-change models for gauging the effects of black carbon (or soot) from sources including motor vehicles and wildfires, often fall short in terms of accuracy. Observations in new research …LSU Study Shows What Would Happen on Earth in the Event of a Nuclear War
The current Russia-Ukraine conflict has brought back to the surface the potential risk of a nuclear war which we thought we’d put to rest almost forever after the end …
Scientists Discover Superworms Can Munch Through Polystyrene
A new study by a team of scientists from Australia shows that certain superworms could transform how plastic waste is recycled and, thus, help save the planet. Large quantities …
UK Researchers Discover a New Way to Increase Wheat Yield and Its Protein Content
Did you know that wheat is one of the world’s most consumed cereal grains? Just think about this; The bread you so much love to eat, those pancakes you …
Researchers Discover an AI Traffic System That Could Make Traffic Jams a Distant Memory
When you are late for work or just trying to meet up for that appointment, that extra drive time you spend in traffic can be more than a little …
Scientists Develop a New Framework to Evaluate the Health Effects of Mixtures of Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals
An international team of biologists and chemists has come up with a new framework to begin assessing the health effects of mixtures of chemicals that disrupt the endocrine system. …
Microplastics Present in the Blood of Healthy Human Subjects Study Shows
In nature, microplastics are very harmful to the environment, fauna, and flora. In a recent study, researchers have found traces of microplastics in blood samples from healthy people. Read …