AI is helping to decode animals’ speech. Will it also let us talk with them? Nature - The complexity of vocal communication in some primates, whales and birds might approach that of human language.

There is increasing interest in using AI tools not only to listen in on animal speech, but also to potentially talk back

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China’s Desert Solar Farms Don’t Just Generate Power—They’re Irreversibly Transforming Fragile Ecosystems China’s vast desert solar farms are quietly rewriting the story of renewable energy. Beyond generating electricity, new research shows they are transforming the very land beneath them—altering tempera...

Solar greening: solar panels improved soil chemistry, moisture retention, and even signs of vegetation recovery. Shading from panels reduces surface heating and evaporation, creating a cooler and more stable microclimate dailygalaxy.com/2025/09/chin...

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Mathematicians solve centuries-old mystery of how ‘broken’ tulips get their stripes

Researchers have found an answer to a centuries-old floral mystery, using a mathematical model to explain how striped tulips get their distinctive pattern.

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Postdoctoral Researcher - VIB OverviewThe group of Specialized Metabolism, led by Prof. Alain Goossens at the VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology, and the metabolic engineering researc

Recruitment time! You're a junior postdoc and want to discover and produce bioactive fungal metabolites that are involved in the chemical warfare between fungi and plants? Then apply here!
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My first day of Blue-sky. Any plant scientist out there ? My interests: genetics, breeding, plant tolerance to diseases and stress, genomics, physiology.