Affordable Sequencing Method Deciphers Polyploid Crops
Newswise — Polyploid crops like potato, wheat, and blueberry are essential to agriculture, yet their genetics remain notoriously…
Decoding Tomato’s Genetic Defense Against Aluminum Toxicity
Newswise — Acidic soils, which account for nearly 40% of global arable land, release soluble aluminum ions that…
New Genes From Scratch: How Peach Creates Novel Traits
Newswise — The emergence of new genes is a central driver of evolutionary innovation. While mechanisms such as…
How a Single Gene Shapes the Floral Elegance of the “April Snow” Tree
Newswise — Ornamental trees such as Chionanthus retusus enrich landscapes worldwide, valued for their abundant spring blossoms and…
3D imaging reveals genetic basis of sorghum leaf patterns
By reconstructing 366 sorghum plants from calibrated images, the team showed that automated measurements achieved near-human repeatability and…
UAV phenotyping reveals genetic drivers of cotton plant architecture
This approach not only offers a faster and more accurate way to measure plant traits in the field…
Astronomers Uncover “Mysterious Giant” Lurking Behind Binary Black Holes
Binary black hole merger near a supermassive black hole. Credit: SHAO GW190814’s gravitational waves suggest a hidden supermassive…
China launches Juno, the world’s most powerful detector for ‘ghost particles’
China launched the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (Juno), the world’s largest detector for elusive “ghost particles” called neutrinos,…
Drones and 3D nodels unlock new genetic insights into wheat plant height
By capturing multiple height quantiles rather than a single average, the approach reveals subtle variations within crop plots,…
From mining to tourism, space ambitions of China’s Guangdong rival those of Elon Musk
South China’s Guangdong province has announced its ambition to join the country’s commercial space sector race, promising financial…