The world today is marked by paradox. Never before has humanity possessed such extraordinary scientific knowledge, ...

ABSTRACT: Potassium (K) is a key nutrient in maintaining high levels of turgor and adequate water levels to regulate sugar during cell division. It is the most required during reproductive stage in ...

Earlier this year, the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education came out with a new classification, focused on colleges’ low-income student enrollments and whether their students ...

The global food system faces growing risks as modern farming practices undermine the resilience of the world's soils, according to new research. Soil resilience is the ability of soils to withstand, ...

Primary immunodeficiency disorders (PIDs) are a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized, as the name suggests, by deficiencies (abnormal, poor or absent function) in the immune system. As ...

In many a school auditorium, a theater kid could be spotted sitting cross-legged with a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, surrounded by peers who had just belted their way through the entire Hamilton ...

Heating alone won’t drive soil microbes to release more carbon dioxide — they need added carbon and nutrients to thrive. This finding challenges assumptions about how climate warming influences soil ...

Ritwik is a passionate gamer who has a soft spot for JRPGs. He's been writing about all things gaming for six years and counting. No matter how great a title's gameplay may be, there's always the ...

Former athlete and Emmy-winning sports reporter Lindsay Simpson suffered a traumatic brain injury in 2018 that nearly took her life. At a recent event held by the National Academies of Sciences, ...

Smallholder farmers have been taught to restore soil health by learning sustainable farming practices like vermicomposting and integrated pest management. The adoption of these techniques has led to ...

Soils lose moisture quickly during droughts because the molecular interactions that help retain water are not fully understood. Understanding this mechanism can help engineer soils to better preserve ...