High tunnels for specialty crops: The hope and the hinderance
Study gains a better understanding, from the perspective of farmers, of the challenges and advantageous opportunities associated with using high...
Snack peppers find acceptance with reduced seed count
Study investigates the desirability for, and practicality of, producing snack peppers, both sweet and hot, with low seed countCredit: John...
Controlling temperatures for inexpensive plant experiments
Newly available plug-and-play temperature controllers allow conversion of a standard chest freezer into a controlled-environment chamber in minutes, with no...
What it takes for green businesses to advertise online
National survey analyses adoption of online marketing strategies The green industry in the United States is comprised of production and...
Small cluster of neurons is off-on switch for mouse songs
With precise control, researchers could make a mouse sing or not on commandCredit: Mooney Lab, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. --...
The challenges of North American specialty cut flowers
Industry needs studied as demand and production increasesCredit: John Dole Across the United States and Canada, demand for local specialty...
Modified enzyme can increase second-generation ethanol production
Using a protein produced by a fungus that lives in the Amazon, Brazilian researchers developed a molecule capable of increasing...
NASA finds Tropical Cyclone’s Vayu getting stretched
Credit: NASA JPL/Heidar Thrastarson When NASA's Aqua satellite passed over the Northern Indian Ocean, it captured an infrared image that...
Researchers identify traits linked to better outcomes in HPV-linked head and neck cancer
Using a new blood test that's in development, University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers identified characteristics that...
Integral Molecular reaches milestone in I-O target discovery collaboration with Daiichi Sankyo
Integral Molecular reaches I-O target discovery milestone with Daiichi Sankyo Integral Molecular, the industry leader in discovering antibodies against multipass...
WVU researcher studies new treatment for pancreatic cancer
Credit: WVU MORGANTOWN, W.Va.--If the American Cancer Society's projections prove accurate, more people will die from pancreatic cancer than from...
Using waves to move droplets
Credit: De Jong et al., Sci. Adv. 2019;5: eaaw0914 Self-cleaning surfaces and laboratories on a chip become even more efficient...
What drives Yellowstone’s massive elk migrations?
Study finds elk have the means to adapt to changing climate cues, but migratory shifts may have unknown ripple effects...
Electron (or ‘hole’) pairs may survive effort to kill superconductivity
Emergence of unusual metallic state supports role of 'charge stripes' in formation of charge-carrier pairs essential to resistance-free flow of...
Flickering sky islands generate andean biodiversity
Video of paramo moving up and down mountainsides puts climate change in contextCredit: Catalina Giraldo A new video shows how...
Energy department to invest $32 million in computer design of materials
Researchers to take advantage of DOE's advanced supercomputers The U.S. Department of Energy announced that it will invest $32 million...
Satellite observations improve earthquake monitoring, response
Credit: Image courtesy of the UI Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences. Researchers at the University of Iowa and the...
Hubble sets sights on an explosive galaxy
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, D. Crenshaw and O. Fox When massive stars die at the end of their short lives,...
Iowa State’s Geetu Tuteja selected for Pew Scholars Biomedical Research Program
Credit: Iowa State University News Service AMES, Iowa -- Geetu Tuteja, assistant professor in Iowa State University's department of genetics,...
Researchers’ discovery could lead to improved therapies for duchenne muscular dystrophy
Credit: Parvatiyar A new multi-institution study spearheaded by researchers at Florida State University and the University of California, Los Angeles...
