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Clean Animals Result in Fewer E. Coli
May 4, 2012 — Following the E. coli case in Norway in 2006, when 17 people fell ill and one child died after eating mutton sausages, the meat industry introduced a number of measures in order to reduce the risk of ... > full story -
Bioluminescent Technology for Easy Tracking of GMO
April 29, 2012 — It is important to be able to monitor genetically modified (GM) crops, not only in the field but also during the food processing chain. New research shows that products from genetically modified ... > full story -
NASA's Landsat Satellites See Texas Crop Circles -- Of the Irrigation Kind
April 28, 2012 — A water-rich polka dot pattern takes over the traditional rectangular patchwork of fields in a series of 40 years of Landsat images. In the dry Texas panhandle near the town of Dalhart, this ... > full story -
Genes Shed Light on Spread of Agriculture in Stone Age Europe
April 26, 2012 — One of the most debated developments in human history is the transition from hunter-gatherer to agricultural societies. Scientists have now shown that agriculture spread to Northern Europe via ... > full story -
Researchers Give Long Look at Who Benefits from Nature Tourism
April 25, 2012 — Using nature's beauty as a tourist draw can boost conservation in China's valued panda preserves, but it isn't an automatic ticket out of poverty for the human inhabitants, a unique long-term study ... > full story -
Selenium Impacts Honey Bee Behavior and Survival
April 25, 2012 — Entomologists have a "proof of concept" that selenium, a nonmetal chemical element, can disrupt the foraging behavior and survival of honey bees. In controlled greenhouse experiments they found that ... > full story -
Flies Process Attractive and Deterrent Odors in Different Brain Areas
April 25, 2012 — A new apparatus automatically applies odors to an airstream, while filming and analyzing the behavior of insects simultaneously. A first series of tests have revealed that male and female fruit flies ... > full story -
Can Organic Food Feed the World? New Study Sheds Light on Debate Over Organic Vs. Conventional Agriculture
April 25, 2012 — Can organic agriculture feed the world? Although organic techniques may not be able to do the job alone, they do have an important role to play in feeding a growing global population while minimizing ... > full story -
Eight Species of Wild Fish Have Been Detected in Aquaculture Feed
April 25, 2012 — Researchers have for the first time analyzed a DNA fragment from commercial feed for aquarium cichlids, aquaculture of salmon and marine fish in aquariums. The results show that in order to ... > full story -
Plant Perfumes Woo Beneficial Bugs to Their Roots
April 24, 2012 — Scientists have discovered that maize crops emit chemical signals which attract growth-promoting microbes to live amongst their roots. This is the first chemical signal that has been shown to attract ... > full story -
Precise Molecular Surgery in the Plant Genome
April 24, 2012 — Crop plants have always been adapted to the needs of man by breeding for them to carry more fruit, survive droughts, or resist pests. Green biotechnology now adds new tools to the classical breeding ... > full story -
Extreme Gardening on Mars? European Research Project Focuses on Development of Life Support Units
April 24, 2012 — A new project is being conducted by European researchers to plant the seeds for possible gardening on Mars on day. The plan for the future will be to grow first vegetables on Earth in a closed ... > full story
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