Dossier
water availability
Coverage of water availability in the Nexus archive.
- Yadgir farmers urged to take up less water-intensive, short-term crops
Yadgir farmers are being urged to adopt less water-intensive and short-term crops due to poor water availability in the district's reservoirs. Officials state that the current supply is sufficient only for drinking water requirements.
- Troubled waters: a plant protein senses when cells are running dry
A plant protein called SAM8 has been found to sense cellular water availability through a process called phase separation, linking hydration levels to gene expression regulation. This discovery clarifies how cells detect fluctuations in water availability.