Urban trees can absorb more CO₂ than cars emit during summer
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How much carbon dioxide do parks and individual trees in cities absorb, and how much do they release? To answer this question, researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed a high-resolution CO₂ biogenic flux model. Their findings show that, on average, around two percent of Munich's annual urban emissions are compensated by vegetation. Urban trees have the greatest impact, whereas grassy areas are often net sources of CO₂.
A variety of proteins extracted from rice milling byproducts were shown to provide different qualities desired in plant-based cheesemaking, including firm texture and meltability. Mahfuzur Rahman, a food scientist and grain processing engineer with the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, and graduate student Ruslan Mehadi Galib published their results in the journal Future Foods under the title "Three shads of plant protein from a single rice cultivar: Insights into subunit profiles, molecular structures, functional and nutritional properties, and cheesemaking performance."
Newly published research by Cleveland Clinic and Dyania Health demonstrates how a medically trained large language model system can accurately and efficiently screen electronic medical records (EMRs) to identify patients who are eligible for a rare disease clinical trial.
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By converting plastic waste into a microbe-friendly food source, scientists have built an upcycling pipeline that turns the waste into a variety of useful products.