Veículo

• Home
• Veículos
• ScienceWeek

Recent news coverage has highlighted threats to deer conservation, but it's important to sort fact from fiction when it comes to this topic. While it's true that deer populations are declining in some areas and facing challenges such as habitat loss and disease, some news reports may omit important information or present a misleading picture of the situation. One common misconception is that deer hunting is solely to blame for declining deer populations. While hunting can certainly [...]

Typha domingensis, the Southern cattail, a reedy marsh plant that inhabits fresh to slightly brackish waters and is about 2.5 m tall, can scavenge up to 34 times more manganese from contaminated soil than other plants found in similar environments. In a recent study, it accumulated between 10 and 13 times more manganese than other naturally occurring wetland plants such as hibiscus, sedges and rushes, demonstrating its potential for use in sustainable rehabilitation of areas affected by iron [...]

The use of cover crops between cotton harvests protects the soil, conserves water, and reduces the risk of erosion. Researchers at the University of Western São Paulo (UNOESTE) and São Paulo State University (UNESP) in Brazil found that application of potassium (K) to a grass cover crop grown before cotton in sandy soil lowered production cost and resulted in cotton with a higher market value. Read the whole article at PhysOrg

Incubated at the University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, and supported by São Paulo Research Foundation- FAPESP's Innovative Research in Small Business Program (PIPE), BIOinFOOD is a startup that is developing a rapid COVID-19 diagnostic test based on a patent application filed by students at UNICAMP's Genomics and Bioenergy Laboratory. Read the whole article at PhysOrg PhysOrg