The frequency of lawn mowing significantly alters the chemical composition of urban plants, reducing levels of harmful heavy metals while also lowering concentrations of essential nutrients needed by herbivores, according to a study by researchers from Polish universities published in the Journal of Environmental Management.
People who built monumental tombs in Central Europe about 5,600 years ago managed forests without causing widespread environmental destruction, using selective logging and rotational land use instead of large-scale burning, according to a new study.
Researchers at the Jagiellonian University have developed a new, simple and cost-effective method for producing nanographene directly on non-metallic materials, a breakthrough they say could support future applications in electronics, telecommunications and medicine.
The morphology of wolves is shaped primarily by the population they belong to, the types of prey they hunt and their demographic history, including the effects of human activity, according to a new international study published in the journal "Diversity and Distributions".
Scientists have developed a tumour classification system based on epigenetic changes that can distinguish nearly 50 types of cancer with high accuracy, a breakthrough that could eventually allow molecular testing to complement or partially replace conventional histopathology.
People perceived as physically attractive may have a lower risk of dying over the long term than those rated as unattractive, according to a new analysis of U.S. health data, although the researcher behind the study says the findings do not show that appearance itself determines health or longevity.
Genetically modified baker's yeast carrying a gene from tardigrades has performed well aboard the International Space Station (ISS), with preliminary results suggesting the added gene helps protect the organisms under the stressful conditions of low Earth orbit.
Important information about the gut microbiome may be lost before DNA sequencing data are even analysed, potentially affecting future efforts to diagnose disease, monitor antibiotic resistance and develop personalised medicine, according to a study by Polish and Estonian researchers.
Neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's are not infectious in the conventional sense, but growing evidence suggests they share the same underlying biology as prion diseases, says Professor Beata Sikorska of the Medical University of Lodz.
Long-duration space missions face many hazards, but one of the least visible is cosmic radiation. Aleksandra Rutczyńska, an electronics engineer at the German Aerospace Center (DLR), develops radiation sensors flown on NASA's Artemis missions to the Moon.
Scientists have developed a tumour classification system based on epigenetic changes that can distinguish nearly 50 types of cancer with high accuracy, a breakthrough that could eventually allow molecular testing to complement or partially replace conventional histopathology.
