Life

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Life is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal of scientific studies related to fundamental themes in life sciences, from basic to applied research, published monthly online by MDPI.

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An overview of meta-analysis of wild and cultivated crop species
20 Aug 2025
Hiroshima University
Can understanding these differences help researchers breed better crops suited for a changing climate?
Number of upregulated and downregulated genes in hypoxia treatments identified by meta-analysis
09 Sep 2022
Hiroshima University
Researchers at Hiroshima University are closer to identifying the molecular processes underlying how floods deprive plants of oxygen — and how to engineer hardier crops.
14 May 2021
Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI), Tokyo Institute of Technology
Upcoming Solar System exploration missions will search for extraterrestrial (ET) life, but ET life may not be like Earth life. A new mass spectrometry analysis technique may allow for process-based ways to find ET life that is compositionally alien.