Three USDA scientists win Presidential Early Career Awards
WASHINGTON, D.C. July 10 -- Three USDA scientists with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) have been named recipients of the ...
Tag: Agriculture
Heat, salt, drought: This barley can withstand the challenges of climate change
Credit: MLU / Nadja Sonntag Research for the benefit of food security: A new line of barley achieves good crop ...
Nitrogen from biosolids can help urban soils and plant growth
Credit: Odiney Alvarez-Campos The "zero waste" trend could have a friend in the form of biosolids. Biosolids are the materials ...
International arboriculture conference comes to Knoxville in August
UT students, faculty contribute to International Tree Climbing Competition and Arboriculture Conference The International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) will host ...
Smoke from Canadian fires drifts into United States
Credit: NASA Canada has been battling a very active and destructive fire season on multiple fronts this year. A warming ...
Semi-arid land in China has expanded in recent decades and probably continues to expand
Credit: Jianrong Bi Drylands cover approximately 50% of the land surface in China, among which semi-arid regions are the main ...
Improved model could help scientists better predict crop yield, climate change effects
Credit: RIPE Project CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - A new computer model incorporates how microscopic pores on leaves may open in response ...
Scientists decode DNA secrets of world’s toughest bean
Credit: TJ Close / UCR UC Riverside scientists have decoded the genome of black-eyed peas, offering hope for feeding Earth's ...
Human waste an asset to economy, environment, study finds
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Human waste might be an unpleasant public health burden, but scientists ...
Can we make ocean water drinkable — and should we? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, July 8, 2019 - We need water to survive -- and Earth is covered ...
Study shows potential for reduced methane from cows
Credit: University of Adelaide An international team of scientists has shown it is possible to breed cattle to reduce their ...
Transformed tobacco fields could cuts costs for medical proteins
Credit: John Munson, Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. - A new Cornell University-led study describes the first successful rearing of engineered ...
Just the tonic! How an afternoon tipple made from peas could help save the rainforest
Credit: Professor Williams, Trinity College Dublin It's the season for a cold, refreshing gin and tonic. We may question the ...
Discovery linking microbes to methane emissions could make agriculture more sustainable
A heritable subset of the core rumen microbiome dictates dairy cow productivity and emissions Common dairy cows share the same ...
Milk and dairy products can help prevent chronic disease
An adequate consumption of milk and dairy products at different life stages can help prevent various chronic diseases. For example, ...
Maize-centric diet may have contributed to ancient Maya collapse
The role of diet in climate change The question of how to best adapt to extreme climate is a critical ...
How to sell labriculture: Less lab, more culture
'High-tech' framing may be driving negative attitudes towards cultured meat In the near future, we will be able to mass-produce ...
Holy crocodiles
Credit: Yusuke Fukuda East Timor's origin is shrouded in myth. The Southeast Asian island is said to have formed from ...
Antibiotics weaken flu defenses in the lung
Credit: Andreas Wack, Francis Crick Institute Antibiotics can leave the lung vulnerable to flu viruses, leading to significantly worse infections ...
Scientists discover processes to lower methane emissions from animals
Credit: University of Otago University of Otago scientists are part of an international research collaboration which has made an important ...