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Research details pathology, progression, management of large patch disease

22 hours ago | phys.org | Maddie Johnson |Sadie Harley |Andrew Zinin

With spring rains, warm-season turfgrasses such as bermudagrass and zoysiagrass are at risk of a fungal disease called large patch that can leave a lawn marked with large brown areas of dead and dying grass. Large patch is caused by a fungus and affects warm-season turfgrasses, which go dormant in cooler months.
Astronomers detect new ultracompact binary system with unusually bright, infrequent outbursts

1 day ago | phys.org | Tomasz Nowakowski |Stephanie Baum |Robert Egan

An international team of astronomers reports the discovery of a new ultracompact binary of the AM CVn type exhibiting infrequent outbursts. The detection of the newfound system, designated TCP J07222683+6220548, was detailed in a paper published May 27 on the arXiv preprint server.
Why organizations in unstable times should listen to their own employees

2 days ago | phys.org | Stephanie Baum |Robert Egan

Organizations that want to successfully adapt to a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment should utilize the knowledge of their own employees. This is the finding of research conducted by Mirjam Goudsmit, a researcher in the field of strategic management at Radboud University. Her research is published in the Australian Journal of Management.
A covalent bond links lysine and cysteine in proteins together under oxidizing conditions, stabilizing them

2 days ago | phys.org | Matthew Lloyd |Stephanie Baum |Andrew Zinin

A paper titled "Functional implications of unusual NOS and SONOS covalent linkages found in proteins," by Matthew D. Lloyd, Kyle S. Gregory, and K. Ravi Acharya, from the University of Bath Department of Life Sciences, has been published in Chemical Communications. Proteins are formed in cells by linking amino acid building blocks together in a defined sequence.
Study challenges prevailing stereotypes, provides new insights into incel community

2 days ago | phys.org | Stephanie Baum |Andrew Zinin

A new study offers unprecedented insights into the incel (involuntary celibate) community, uncovering critical facts that challenge prevailing stereotypes and expand our understanding of this controversial subculture.
Future telescopes could detect life managing their planet atmospheres

2 days ago | phys.org | Evan Gough |Lisa Lock |Robert Egan

The challenge in the search for habitable worlds is clear. We need to be able to identify habitable worlds and distinguish between biotic and abiotic processes. Ideally, scientists would do this on entire populations of exoplanets rather than on a case-by-case basis. Exoplanets' natural thermostats might provide a way of doing this.
Missions to Mars with the Starship could only take three months

2 days ago | phys.org | Matt Williams |Lisa Lock |Robert Egan

Mars has received considerable attention in the past few decades, thanks to the many robotic missions exploring it to learn more about its past. NASA and China plan to send astronauts/taikonauts there in the coming decades, and commercial space companies like SpaceX hope to send passengers there sooner. This presents several significant challenges, one of the greatest being the lengthy transit times involved.
Why Brazil's Quilombola communities are still fighting for the land they're owed

2 days ago | phys.org | Stephanie Baum |Robert Egan

Brazil's Quilombola people, the descendants of Africans who escaped slavery, have lived in the nation's vast Amazon and Atlantic rainforests for centuries. Today, the Quilombolas number about 1.3 million people in the country and have cultivated deep ties to their ancestral territories, where they raise their families and steward the land.
Alcohol consumption in avian species: Birds may be drinking on the wing, but in moderation

2 days ago | phys.org | Stephanie Baum |Robert Egan

A paper published in Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology examines alcohol consumption in avian species. In "The proof is in the plumage: a method for detecting dietary ethanol exposure in birds by testing for ethyl glucuronide in feathers," authors Cynthia Y. Wang-Claypool, Ammon Corl, Joseph Jones, Jimmy A.
Consciousness and collaboration were fundamental to shaping knowledge, show astronomy archives of premodern China

2 days ago | phys.org | Stephanie Baum |Andrew Zinin

The astronomical records of imperial China are some of the most comprehensive archives in the history of science, spanning over two millennia, from 221 BC to 1911 AD, and providing detailed insight into phenomena ranging from comets to the rate of rotation of Earth.