Helsinki declaration on planetary health calls for commitment from the EU
Credit: Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare Scientific evidence shows that human activities impact global warming, biodiversity loss, land degradation, ...
Tag: Agriculture
Pollination is better in cities than in the countryside
Plants benefit from more bees, especially bumble beesCredit: Henryk Niestrój /Pixabay Flowering plants are better pollinated in urban than in ...
Fungal decisions can affect climate
Credit: Susan V. Fisk When we think of climate change, we tend to think about greenhouse gases, fossil fuels and ...
Harrington Seed Destructor kills nearly 100 percent of US agronomic weed seeds in lab study
Credit: Lauren Quinn, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - In the battle against herbicide-resistant weeds, farmers are increasingly eager to ...
Getting to the root of plant survival
Findings could help scientists control root emergence and battle dry conditions brought on by climate changeCredit: Monica Moriak/ University of ...
A sustainable alternative to crude oil
The synthesis of bio-based high-performance polyamide from biogenic residuesCredit: Cordt Zollfrank / TUM A research team from the Fraunhofer Society ...
Unique centromere type discovered in the European dodder
Credit: Jiri Macas České Budějovice/Gatersleben, 27.01.2020 Whenever the European dodder, Cuscuta europaea, is under scientific scrutiny, it usually is due ...
United Nations award goes to company born out of university pollution project
An energy start-up in India, formed out of an Aston University scheme, has won a prestigious United Nations' award for ...
White lupin: The genome of this legume has finally been sequenced
Credit: Benjamin Peret/CNRS White lupin is a particularly abstemious crop, requiring very little fertiliser and producing high-protein seeds of great ...
The skin of the earth is home to pac-man-like protists
Credit: STRI Pac-Man, the open-mouthed face of the most successful arcade game ever, is much more well-known than any of ...
Dance of the honey bee reveals fondness for strawberries
Research team led by the University of Göttingen investigates foraging behavior in agricultural landscapesCredit: Svenja Bänsch, University of Göttingen Bees ...
The regulators active during iron deficiency
Botany: publication in Plant PhysiologyCredit: HHU / Birte Schwarz When a plant is lacking important nutrients, it cannot simply move ...
Major NSF-sponsored grant will help researchers discover ways to improve urban sustainability
Credit: Jan Thompson AMES, Iowa - Dense urban areas use up more energy, water and food resources than they can ...
Sustainability claims about rubber don’t stick
Research led by the University of Göttingen calls into question sustainability claims by large corporationCredit: F. Otten, University of Göttingen ...
New survey results reveal the experts and public’s attitude towards gene-edited crops
Credit: Photo by Hisashi Urashima Experts' interest in utilizing gene editing for the breeding crops has seen revolutionary growth. Meanwhile, ...
Helping roadside soils bounce back after construction
Credit: Jamie Luther Everyone hates road construction, even the soils and bodies of water around the roads. Paved roads can't ...
Viticulture Data Journal: Non-conventional papers foster open science & sustainability
Credit: Viticulture Data Journal and ARPHA Platform Non-conventional, yet pivotal research results: data, models, methods, software, data analytics pipelines and ...
Discovery of beneficial fungal taxa may help restore native plant in the PNW
Credit: Gretchen Freed, Daniel Schlatter, Timothy Paulitz, and Frank Dugan Camas, a seed-producing forb, grows in prairie and wetland habitats ...
Novel composite antimicrobial film could take a bite out of foodborne illnesses
Credit: Penn State A novel composite film -- created by the bonding of an antimicrobial layer to conventional, clear polyethylene ...
Breakthrough on curbing dengue
Credit: CSIRO Scientists from Australia's national science agency, CSIRO, and the University of California San Diego have engineered the first ...
