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Healthy soil microbiomes boost crop yields without added fertiliser
Field trials show that restoring microbial diversity in soil can raise yields while cutting fertiliser use.
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Agricultural scientists report that restoring microbial diversity in degraded farmland increased wheat yields by up to 18% over three growing seasons.
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The team is now working with farming cooperatives to test the approach at scale.
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Restored reefs recover faster than expected, ten-year study finds
A decade of monitoring across 40 restoration sites shows coral cover returning to natural levels within six years.
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New imaging method maps memory circuits at single-cell resolution
A light-sheet technique lets neuroscientists follow how memories are stored across thousands of neurons at once.
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