A pair of Harvard-led studies released in recent months found that people living closer to operational nuclear power plants ...

In A Nutshell Counties located closer to nuclear power plants in the U.S. had higher cancer death rates, according to a Harvard analysis of nearly two decades of national data. The association was ...

Universidad de Navarra provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation ES. The world’s growing population demands ever-increasing crop production. However, the fertilisers required to meet ...

How do plants adapt to drought and heat? New studies on plants of the Canary Islands show that adaptation is not determined by a single character but by the interaction of entire sets of characters.

Salt pollution in freshwater is a growing global concern. Excessive salt harms plants, degrades soil, and compromises water quality. In urban areas, road salts used for de-icing during winter often ...

Vegetarian and vegan diets are linked to better health, including lower risk of heart diseases, cancer, and death, according to a new review of nearly 50 studies published over the last two decades.

NASA announces the award of 7 grants or cooperative agreements for exciting new space biology research that will advance NASA’s understanding of how plants respond, acclimate and adapt to the space ...

Farmers and nursery managers often use fungicide is to tackle plant rust disease, but we need to find ways to decrease our ...

Fruits and plant extracts contain bioactive compounds that can help treat or prevent diseases. To characterize and understand their mechanism of action, researchers from universities and research ...

The world’s growing population demands ever-increasing crop production. However, the fertilisers required to meet this demand have a range of environmental impacts, from their use of finite raw ...