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A new review study in Nature Communications is the first to systematically show the harmful effects of nano- and microplastics on bees and other beneficial insects. Their function as pollinators is impaired by the plastic particles. 

The microbes that cycle nutrients in the ocean don’t do the work on their own – the viruses that infect them also influence the process.

With heart attacks, every second counts. A new blood test diagnoses them in minutes rather than hours and could be adapted as a tool for first responders and people at home.

When most people think of fungi, they think of the part you can see: mushroom caps poking through the soil.

Chickpeas are a drought-resistant legume plant with a high protein content.