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The Max Planck Institute identifies GAME15 as essential for biosynthesis of steroidal glycoalkaloids and saponins in Solanum plants. GAME15 knockout plants were more vulnerable to pests, highlighting its role in defense.

PFAS have been detected in bottled and tap water samples from around the world, but the new study also illustrates that activated carbon filtration may remove them.

A new environmentally friendly material could generate electricity when compressed or exposed to vibration.

Adding pores to a plastic-like polymer derived from wood pulp can make it degrade 15 times faster, a new study finds.

A study identifies nearly 23,000 auxiliary metabolic genes (AMGs) that viruses have "stolen" from marine microbes, impacting nutrient cycling in the ocean. About 37% of metabolic pathways are influenced by these viral AMGs.

A new study has exposed the global aquaculture sector’s growing dependence on wild fish, which leaves coastal communities struggling to access affordable local fish.

Researchers have revealed an adaptive response with a ferroelectric device, which responds to light pulses in a way that resembles the plasticity of neural networks.

Researchers have pioneered a new method for fabricating advanced ceramic microparticles using a microfluidic chip inspired by ancient East Asian construction techniques.

Artificial nests can boost the breeding success of endangered African penguins, but different designs are more effective at different colonies.

Researchers have developed a synthetic molecular switch that allows liquid crystals to change color based on ambient light. By manipulating chiral triptycene and hydrazones, the team created helical structures in liquid crystals.