An insight into how the fungi that causes white mold rot avoids plant defenses could lead to a new tool to combat a pathogen that causes billions of dollars of crop loss worldwide.
A manually operated WSU drone flies over a vineyard during tests for bird deterrence and fruit damage assessment. Credit: WSU Agricultural Automation and Robotics Lab
The yellow monkeyflower plant can adopt self-pollination in the absence of bees, but this study shows it quickly loses genetic variation as a result.
A brown marmorated stink bug feeding on a pepper. These bugs are generalists and are known to eat nearly 170 different kinds of plants.
Receding Ice May Produce a Deadly Chain Reaction
Greenhouses full of cannabis are legal in several states around the country, but growing techniques can still date back to those secretive times when cannabis was contraband.
Jackdaws use a "democratic" process to decide when to leave their roosts en masse, new research shows.
Agility dogs lacking core strength from routine physical exercise and those participating in activities like flyball may be more susceptible to one of the most common canine knee injuries.
Scientists have used ideas from artificial intelligence to identify patterns of antibiotic resistance around the world.
A newly discovered network of “lost” ancient cities in the Amazon could provide a pivotal new insight into how ancient civilisations combined the construction of vast urban landscapes while living alongside nature.
Tackling the climate crisis can only be achieved by "placing people at the heart of climate action", researchers say.
DNA molecules called plasmids – some of which protect bacteria from antibiotics – can spread rapidly through bacterial "communities" that are treated with antibiotics, new research shows.
Climate change debates on Reddit don't happen in polarised "echo chambers", new research suggests.
“We wanted to hear from the doctors or nurses themselves of what was going on,” said UW Medicine researcher Danbi Lee.
In a study, patients reported overall satisfaction, but those who came to clinical facilities said the visits were lengthy and lacking comfort.
The researchers were instrumental in work on a new genomic reference collection that represents greater human population diversity.
Rice University models show unique properties of 2D materials stressed by contoured substrates
A study of national survey data from 2019-20 shows high prevalence of chronic pain and a high rate of the condition developing.
“There's not only a longer allergy season, but also more overlap between, say, grass pollen season and tree pollen season,” said Dr. Jing Yi “Jenny” Sun, a UW Medicine allergy attending physician. “All of those things combined together can make allergies a little bit more difficult to bear.”
Artificial Intelligence (AI) can track the health of coral reefs by learning the "song of the reef", new research shows.