A study by the National Land Survey of Finland and the University of Helsinki has revealed significant individual differences in how trees awaken for the growing season. Using a novel research setup tested for the first time, researchers laser-scanned a forest area every hour throughout an entire growing season. The findings provide valuable new insights into the impact of local growth conditions on tree growth.

Researchers from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) demonstrate that the way sardines eat, altered due to the reduction in size of plankton, undermines the efficiency of their feeding and increases the likelihood of consuming more plastic fibres. Although no direct negative effects of this ingestion were identified, environmental changes may have a greater impact than previously thought on how pelagic fish interact with plastic pollutants.

Recently, Prof. Shan Tizhong's team at Zhejiang University discovered that lard derived from subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT), as a dietary fat, offers better health benefits. They identified phosphatidylserine (PS), a differential lipid, which can regulate mitochondrial function and energy metabolism in adipocytes. Their findings, titled "Dietary 'Beigeing' Fat Contains More Phosphatidylserine and Enhances Mitochondrial Function while Counteracting Obesity", were recently published in Research.