Fungal contamination of cereal grains poses a substantial threat to food security and public health while causing hundreds of millions of dollars in economic losses annually. In a new study, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign evaluated far-ultraviolet C (far-UVC) light as a safe way to alleviate fungal contamination of corn and wheat and found this technology to be effective.

A new study has discovered that siderophores, molecules produced by certain bacteria, are instrumental in the microbiome's defense against Ralstonia solanacearum, a pathogen causing severe crop losses. 

Groundbreaking material technology from the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology effectively prevents lithium dendrite growth, tackling the main cause of reduced lifespan in lithium-metal batteries. This innovative material, easily produced through a streamlined process, is set to become a game-changer for next-generation lithium rechargeable batteries.

A research team has leveraged cutting-edge noninvasive phenotyping technologies to monitor plant stress across multiple vegetative organs.

A research team reveals how a low-cost imaging phenotyping system successfully uncovers the mechanisms of quantitative disease resistance (QDR) in wild tomato species.

We conducted research to integrate international drug-drug interaction (DDI) information by mapping Japanese and international drug terminology. In this study, we developed a method of mapping the YJ code to RxNorm and compared the Japanese and international DDI information. The results indicated that the DDI information needs to be adjusted to be internationally consistent. It is expected that this study will facilitate the sharing and analysis of healthcare-related global data including DDI information.

For the first time, scientists can distinguish the proportion of bromoform molecules that directly break bonds (dissociate) vs. those that rearrange (isomerize). This is an important step toward understanding the formation of bromoform isomers, which had long been predicted but had not been fully experimentally confirmed. Bromoform molecules are important in part for their role in ozone degradation in the Earth’s atmosphere. 

Modern-style houses turn out to be attractive roosts for bats, which may carry pathogens that could one day jump to humans and trigger the next pandemic.