Tag: Agriculture

Credit: (Photo courtesy of Oregon State University) CORVALLIS, Ore. - Compounds from hops may combat metabolic syndrome by changing the ...

Forest farms could create market for ginseng, other herbs

Credit: Eric Burkhart, Penn State A transition from wild collection of herbs to forest farming needs to occur in Appalachia ...

Level up your Thanksgiving potatoes with this simple ingredient (video)

Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Nov. 25, 2019 -- Making delicious roasted potatoes is all about finding the right ...

A study compares how water is managed in Spain, California and Australia

Credit: Universidad de Córdoba Turning on the faucet and having water come out has become such a common daily occurrence ...

Light-trapping nanocubes drive inexpensive multispectral camera

Plasmonic light detector could revolutionize multispectral imaging for cancer, food safety and agricultureCredit: Maiken Mikkelsen & Jon Stewart, Duke University ...

A new world map rates food sustainability for countries across the globe

A global food system sustainability study builds the first map of its kind to score the sustainability of food systems, ...

NJIT’s Chrystoff Camacho wins an Edison patent award for an aerial reforestation device

November 22, 2019

Credit: Photo provided by The Research & Development Council of New Jersey. Chrystoff Camacho, an inventor and budding entrepreneur who ...

Interaction with fungus containing N2-fixing endobacteria improves rice nitrogen nutrition

November 22, 2019

Nitrogen nutrition improved in rice by interaction with rhodotorula mucilaginosa and its N2-fixing endobacteriaCredit: Karnelia Paul, Mayurakshi Nag, and Anindita ...

Pollinator friendliness can extend beyond early spring

Keeping lawns pretty and pollinators happyCredit: Michelle Wisdom A study out of the University of Arkansas investigated whether bulbs can ...

In the war on emerging crop diseases, scientists develop new ‘War Room’ simulations

Credit: Paul Rachkara Farmers rely on seed systems for access to high-quality, disease-free planting material at the start of the ...

Using controlled environment food production to solve food shortages

Feeding the urban masses the smart wayCredit: Celina Gomez A review of the literature led by researchers from the University ...

How to fight illegal cocoa farms in Ivory Coast

Study finds regular foot patrols reduce illicit activityCredit: Photo by W. Scott McGraw, Courtesy of Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio ...

Technology shown to reduce cancer-causing contaminants receives millions in funding

Innovation shown to reduce cancer-causing contaminants in drinking water, airports, military sitesCredit: Oren Darling/Purdue Research Foundation WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - ...

UMass Amherst food scientist receives Nils Foss award in Denmark