Global research center secures UN funding to extend work to Brazil
Innovative research uses video games to prevent online sexual exploitation of childrenCredit: University of Huddersfield Researchers at the University of ...
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Strategic interventions in dairy production in developing countries can help meet growing global demand for milk
Dairy production in developing countries highlighted in November issue of the Journal of Dairy Science®Credit: Adesogan, A.T. and G.E. Dahl. ...
Study shows how climate impacts food webs, poses socioeconomic threat in Eastern Africa
Climate impacts on Lake Tanganyika are a bellwether for global change worldwide, team saysCredit: Michael McGlue, University of Kentucky LEXINGTON, ...
World’s largest experiment shows shack fires move with devastating speed
Twenty shacks destroyed in five minutesCredit: Stellenbosch University Twenty shacks destroyed in five minutes. That's how quickly fires can spread ...
Story Tips: Remote population counting, slowing corrosion and turning down the heat
Credit: Adam Malin/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Census - Remote population counting Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists helped count the ...
Solving global challenges using insect research
Credit: © IRD - Olivier Dangles - François Nowicki / Une Autre Terre To achieve food security, to promote peace, ...
Tufts University to lead $100M program to reduce risk of zoonotic viral spillover, spread
Program will involve large consortium of wildlife and human disease experts and networks from around the worldCredit: Anna Miller/Tufts University ...
Copycat plant booster improves on nature
Credit: © 2020 KAUST; Boubacar A. Kountche and Jian You Wang A molecule that can mimic the function of zaxinone, ...
Ethical challenges in cross-cultural research
Social science researchers offer recommendations for navigating ethical dilemmas in studying global societies.Credit: Kathrine Starkweather A group of social scientists ...
Farmer knowledge is key to finding more resilient crops in climate crisis
A warming climate threatens crop diversity; the 'Seeds for Needs' approach combines farmers' knowledge of resilient crops with 'elite' varieties ...
New research highlights impact of COVID-19 on food security in Kenya and Uganda
CABI scientists have conducted new research highlighting the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on food security in Kenya and Uganda with ...
Curbing land clearing for food production is vital to reverse biodiversity declines
Land-use change to feed people is the leading driver of biodiversity loss; new research shows that changing this relationship is ...
Study examines how civil wars affect wildlife populations
Credit: Franciany Braga-Pereira A new study comprehensively reveals how civil wars impact wildlife in countries affected by conflict. Researchers at ...
Eating your vegetables is easier said than done
The landmark EAT-Lancet report on food in the Anthropocene sets ambitious targets; putting it into action, however, will require policymakers ...
Personal connections key to climate adaptation
Credit: Dean Miller. Connections with friends and family are key to helping communities adapt to the devastating impact of climate ...
Impact of climate change on tropical fisheries would create ripples across the world
Tropical oceans and fisheries are threatened by climate change, generating impacts that will affect the sustainable development of both local ...
Forty percent of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed by targeting 12 risk factors throughout life
An update to the Lancet Commission on dementia prevention, intervention and care adds excessive alcohol intake, head injury and air ...
Plastics, pathogens and baby formula: What’s in your shellfish?
New UCI-led study finds coastal urbanization increases contamination in seafoodCredit: Michelangelo Pignani Irvine, Calif., July 30, 2020 -- The first ...
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. to publish Applied Biosafety
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, July 29, 2020--ABSA International has awarded the contract to publish their ...
Study calls for review of rice and sugar in food subsidy programme
Credit: Lancaster University The nutritional benefit of rice and sugar distributed by a national food subsidy programme in India may ...
