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New insights into immune responses to malaria July 23, 2021
Advanced technologies have been used to solve a long-standing mystery about why some people develop serious illness when they are infected with the malaria parasite, while others carry the infection asymptomatically.
Research 'final nail in the coffin' of Paranthropus as hard object feeders July 23, 2021
New research debunks a long-held belief about our ancestors' eating habits.
Blushing plants reveal when fungi are growing in their roots July 23, 2021
Scientists have created plants whose cells and tissues 'blush' with beetroot pigments when they are colonized by fungi that help them take up nutrients from the soil. This is the first time this vital, 400 million year old process has been visualized in real time in full root systems of living plants. Understanding the dynamics […]
Scientists identify five new plant species in Bolivia July 23, 2021
Scientists have identified five new plant species in the Bolivian Andes. The species are all part of the genus Jacquemontia, which are twining or trailing plants with pretty blue flowers.
Water resources: Defusing conflict, promoting cooperation July 23, 2021
Researchers have developed a methodology for avoiding conflicts of use in transboundary rivers. The model-based procedure allows for participatory planning and cooperative management of water resources.
Topology in biology July 23, 2021
A phenomenon known from quantum systems could now make its way into biology: Researchers show that the notion of topological protection can also apply to biochemical networks. The model which the scientists developed makes the topological toolbox, typically used only to describe quantum systems, now also available to biology.
The impact of climate change on Kenya's Tana river basin July 23, 2021
Many species within Kenya's Tana River Basin will be unable to survive if global temperatures continue to rise as they are on track to do - according to new research. A new study outlines how remaining within the goals of the Paris Agreement would save many species. The research also identifies places that could be […]

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Gloria Majira-Komoto: One Woman Has Taken On Malawi’s Plastic Companies And Won

Gloria Majira-Komoto: One Woman Has Taken On Malawi’s Plastic Companies And Won

By Cowry News on June 16, 2021

By Nimi Princewill | CNN Malawi’s landscape is clogged with plastic waste that could linger for 100 years. For more than five years, Gloria Majiga-Kamoto, a 30-year-old Malawian environmental activist,…

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