by Emma Bryce | Jul 30, 2021 | Daily Science
Making a relatively simple tweak to plant machinery can kick their productivity into overdrive, enabling rice and potato crops to generate 50% more food, a team of researchers has found. The tweak—which ramps up the activity of a particular protein in plants—could... 
by Prachi Patel | Jul 29, 2021 | Cities, Daily Science, Energy & Decarbonization
When it comes to climate action, buildings are the elephant in the room. In the U.S., they consume about 75 percent of all electricity produced. Yet this energy use is difficult to measure on a large scale, which makes it difficult to manage. A new study aims to... 
by Warren Cornwall | Jul 28, 2021 | Daily Science, Oceans
When Liza Minnelli sang that “money makes the world go round” in the 1972 film of the musical “Cabaret,” she didn’t mention mangrove swamps or sea grass. But now, a team of German researchers have applied this thinking to cast a spotlight on the value countries reap... 
by Sarah DeWeerdt | Jul 27, 2021 | Daily Science, Issue #6 Science Shorts
About 18 million people currently work in the energy industry worldwide, a number that with robust climate action could increase to 26 million by 2050, according to new calculations. The findings cut against the argument, often advanced by fossil fuel interests and... 
by Emma Bryce | Jul 23, 2021 | Daily Science, Uncategorized
Researchers have developed a special two-layered ‘glove’ for seeds that shields them against drought, capitalizes on nutrients, and could generally give crops a better chance of germinating under harsh climate extremes. Many parts of the world are growing hotter... 
