Biodiversity
Microlejeunea nyiahae
Bryophytes in amber
A well-preserved parts of leaves enabled researchers to describe a new species
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Discovery
Two new Brazilian minerals described
The list of type minerals from Brazil grew to 68 unique species in June
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PROFILE
From the fields to the courts
A self-taught botanist has already classified more than 350 species
invertebrates
Food thieves
Larvae of the flower fly are able to steal the carnivorous plant's food
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Biodiversity
Earth’s unknown biodiversity
For each species of known living things, there are 100,000 yet to be identified
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Ideonella sakaiensis
The bacterium that “eats” plastic bottles
Bacteria can break down and digest plastics known as PET
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environment
Geogenomics
Geogenomics is aimed at explaining biological diversity in tropical rainforests
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PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES
The cosmetic from the Caatinga scrubland
Umbu could form the basis for an anti-aging skin cream
Biogeography
When the ocean was forest
The Atlantic Forest may have occupied the continental shelf in the Ice Age
Biodiversity
The white and black fungi of the Atacama
Yeasts in the Chilean desert exhibit resistance to ultraviolet radiation