Death Valley plant yields blueprint for building heat-resilient crops

In California's Death Valley, where summer temperatures regularly soar above 120 degrees Fahrenheit, life seems almost impossible. Yet among the cracked earth and blinding sunlight, one native plant ...
eLife

Microbial consortia in salt marsh sediments are sequentially buried over millennia and genomic complementarity analysis indicates an important role in complex carbon decomposition

This study provides a valuable genome-centric characterization of microbial communities across deep sediment cores from a Spartina patens salt marsh. The study provides claims on the metabolic ...
Scientific Research Publishing

A New Evolving Technology for Gearbox Condition Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis ()

Reliable fault diagnostics in gearboxes is of great importance to industries to improve production quality and reduce maintenance costs. In this paper, an improved evolving fuzzy (iEF) technique is ...

Coal tar in dandruff shampoos: Hidden risks for hair and scalp health

Dandruff shampoos containing coal tar, long a popular remedy, are now under scrutiny. While effective for flaking and itching ...
FiercePharma

Novo plant hit with FDA's most serious inspection classification, portending possible delays for partners

It appears problems at Novo Nordisk’s recently acquired manufacturing facility in Indiana aren’t going to be solved any time soon. The FDA has tagged the former Catalent facility with an official ...
STAT

FDA declares Novo Nordisk plant, key to drug manufacturing for some biotechs, out of compliance

Elaine Chen covers biotech, co-writes The Readout newsletter, and co-hosts STAT’s weekly biotech podcast, The Readout Loud. You can reach Elaine on Signal at elaineywchen.70. A troubled Indiana ...
Reuters

Blast destroys Tennessee munitions plant; 18 missing and feared dead

Accurate Energetic Systems plant is 60 miles west of Nashville FBI and ATF investigating cause of explosion Aerial video shows flames, smoke from destroyed building Oct 10 (Reuters) - Eighteen people ...
KHOU 11

Three people hurt in Mont Belvieu explosion, plant fire, officials say

MONT BELVIEU, Texas — Mont Belvieu firefighters responded to a plant explosion and fire late Monday morning. The blast happened around 11 a.m. at the ONEOK MBC Maintenance plant on SH 146 near SH 99 ...
Houston Chronicle

Massive explosion rocks Mont Belvieu plant; 3 workers injured

Firefighters rushed to the scene of an explosion and fire at the ONEOK plant in Mont Belvieu late Monday morning, sending three workers to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to ...
The New York Times

MLB playoff format: Bracket, Wild Card Series, best-of structure

The Major League Baseball playoffs kick into full swing Tuesday, beginning with four Wild Card Series games. MLB unveiled a new postseason format in 2022, expanding the pool of teams from 10 to 12, ...
The New York Times

Danger and Intrigue Hang Over Power Cut at Russian-Held Nuclear Plant

The Zaporizhzhia site in southeastern Ukraine has lacked external power to cool its reactors for five days. Kyiv says Moscow has manufactured the crisis. By Andrew E. Kramer Reporting from Kyiv, ...