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 ...
Tag: Agriculture
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 ...
The carbon footprint of dinner: How ‘green’ are fish sticks?
Popular products generate significant 'post-catch' emissions, underscoring the need to measure what happens after fish are caughtCredit: UC Santa Cruz ...
Decontaminating pesticide-polluted water using engineered nanomaterial and sunlight
Two INRS teams join forces and develop a new ecological process to degrade atrazineCredit: My Ali El Khakani, INRS Québec, ...
Nitrogen-fixing genes could help grow more food using fewer resources
Credit: WSU Scientists have transferred a collection of genes into plant-colonizing bacteria that let them draw nitrogen from the air ...
Are sinking soils in the Everglades related to climate change?
Credit: Andres Rodriguez Characterized by alligators, airboats and catfish, the Everglades is a region of swampy wetlands in southern Florida. ...
UC Davis scientists provide novel strategies for parasitic weed control
Credit: Yaxin Wang, Daniel Steele, Maylin Murdock, Seigmund Lai, and John Yoder Parasitic weeds are among the world's most economically ...
From smoke going round the world to aerosol levels, NASA observes Australia’s bushfires
Credit: Credits: NASA/Colin Seftor NASA scientists using data from its NOAA/NASA Suomi NPP satellite, has traced the movement of the ...
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