Bees live alongside a huge variety of microbes, and these vary from harmless commensal relationships to disease-causing pathogenic relationships. The influence of these microbial associations…
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Insect herbivores have the potential to devastate certain plant species, a trait that scientists have cleverly exploited towards the control and management of unwanted and…
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Invasive species are animals, plants, or microbes which were introduced (intentionally or unintentionally) from their original habitat to a new environment, where they spread aggressively…
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The terrestrial carbon uptake currently accounts for about one-third of the annual global carbon sink in the atmosphere; however, future projections of the terrestrial carbon…
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Drought is one of the most devastating natural disasters that can cause serious agricultural, economic, and social impacts around the globe. Several studies project increased…
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Thanks to the “green revolution,” food has never been cheaper or more abundant. Ironically, high-performance agriculture threatens our future ability to feed ourselves. Agriculture requires…
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Providing sustainable alternatives to conventional concrete is becoming a global imperative, considering its significant footprints and versatile applications. Each year, every person on earth consumes…
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In the context of smart grids, the quantification of the energy potential of Distributed Energy Resources (DER), such as Demand Response (DR) and Photovoltaic Distributed…
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Today we separate the two most common ways of managing pollination services in crops. One is the use of managed bees, such as honey bees…
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The extraction and refining of natural resources from the subsoil through mining and metallurgical activities has produced much of the wealth of today’s society. However,…
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Arthropods have spatially repetitive units, called segments, along their body axis, which is a tightly-conserved feature in arthropod evolution. The signs of this spatial repetition…
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