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Berkeley Lab advance is first demonstration of efficient, light-powered production of fuel via artificial photosynthesis.

Mountain climbers and endurance athletes are not the only ones to benefit from altitude training – that is, learning to perform well under low-oxygen conditions. It turns out that cancer-fighting cells of the immune system can also improve their performance through a cellular version of such a regimen. In a study published in Cell Reports, Weizmann Institute of Science researchers have shown that immune system’s killer T cells destroy cancerous tumors much more effectively after being starved for oxygen.

Atrazine, widely used as a weedkiller, is known to have harmful effects on aquatic wildlife and presents a risk to human health by altering the action of certain hormones.

Fresh insights into the genetic code of sheep could aid breeding programmes to improve their health and productivity.

Genome decoding provides information about dry and heat-resistant cereals