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The hashtags that brought Black scientists...

Nature - Online communities forged last year sparked collaborations and conversations about diversity and equity in academic research.

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Nancy Kavazanjian
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Pink lagoon and peculiar galaxies — July’s best science images

The month’s sharpest science shots, selected by Nature’s photo team.

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The scientist whose hybrid rice helped feed billions

Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 30 June 2021

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Yuan Longping (1930–2021)

Crop scientist whose high-yield hybrid rice fed billions.

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Urban myths of organic farming

Organic agriculture began as an ideology, but can it meet today's needs?

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First known gene transfer from plant to insect identified

Discovery that a whitefly uses a stolen plant gene to elude its host’s defences may offer a route to new pest-control strategies.

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Denitrification is the major nitrous acid production pathway in boreal agricultural soils

Microbial processes, particularly denitrification, are more important in driving nitrous acid production and emissions in aerobic soils than abiotic processes, according to 15N tracer and isotope pool dilution experiments in boreal agricultural soils.

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Bacterial seed endophyte shapes disease resistance in rice

In rice, one endophyte (Sphingomonas melonis) colonizes seeds and produces anthranilic acid, which confers resistance to a bacterial pathogen (Burkholderia plantarii) in the plant.

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‘White gold’ guano fertilizer drove agricultural intensification in the Atacama Desert from ad 1000

The source of pre-Inca agriculture in the Atacama Desert of Chile has been the subject of multiple theories, but this Article uses preserved maize remains to deduce that coastal guano deposits were utilized in an impressive display of social and ecological sophistication.

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The hashtags that brought Black scientists...

Pink lagoon and peculiar galaxies — July’s best science images

The scientist whose hybrid rice helped feed billions

Yuan Longping (1930–2021)

Urban myths of organic farming

First known gene transfer from plant to insect identified

Denitrification is the major nitrous acid production pathway in boreal agricultural soils

Bacterial seed endophyte shapes disease resistance in rice

‘White gold’ guano fertilizer drove agricultural intensification in the Atacama Desert from ad 1000

Sustainable solutions to end hunger

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