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Natural Antimicrobial Drugs Found in Pollen Could Help Us Protect Bee Colonies From Infection

Researchers have shown that pollen collected by honeybees contains Streptomyces bacteria that are endophytes, symbionts living inside plant tissue. 

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Nature Vs. Pests: Hawaiʻi’s Biocontrol Attack Against Invasives Yields Benefits

Hawaiʻi’s ecosystems and agriculture face growing threats from invasive species, with about 20 new insects and 100 new plants arriving each year, undermining the islands’ ecological, cultural and economic foundations. 

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Climate Change Is Supercharging Europe’s Biggest Hail

Warming may lead to less frequent but bigger and more devastating hail storms, new research has shown.

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Bridges-2 Analysis Suggests Why Some Oil Wells Run Dry Early

A common problem with oil wells is that they can run dry even when sound-based measurements say there’s still oil there. 

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Junk Food Puts Memory at Risk—Here’s How to Protect It

Published in Neuron, new research demonstrates how a high-fat diet, even short-term, can rapidly affect brain health, but there are ways to reverse this and prevent long-term cognitive decline.

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Study Identifies Hotspots of Disease-carrying Ticks in Illinois

Scientists analyzed the distribution of three potentially harmful tick species in Illinois, identifying regions of the state with higher numbers of these ticks and, therefore, at greater risk of infection with multiple tick-borne diseases.

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Building Trust in Soil Carbon as a Climate Solution Requires Stronger Evidence

In a comment published in Nature Climate Change, Mark Bradford, the E.H. Harriman Professor of Soils and Ecosystem Ecology, and Yale School of the Environment research scientists Sara Kuebbing and Alexander Polussa ’25 PhD, together with colleagues Emily Oldfield ’05, ’11 MESc, ’19 PhD, of Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and Jonathan Sanderman of the Woodwell Climate Research Center, argue that the scientific evidence supporting soil carbon’s role in mitigating climate change remains too weak to meet the standards required for policy and carbon markets.

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Inconsistent Charging Stations Hinder EV Adoption

Public electric vehicle charging stations in America have a bad reputation.

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More Bees Please: 8 New-to-Washington Species Identified

Bee experts wouldn’t have previously expected to find the likes of Osmia cyaneonitens, Dufourea dilatipes and Stelis heronae in Washington.

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Scientists Find That Ice Generates Electricity When Bent

A study co-led by ICN2 reveals that ice is a flexoelectric material, meaning it can produce electricity when unevenly deformed. 

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