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The Balancing Act of Producing More Food Sustainably
July 5, 2013 — A policy known as sustainable intensification could help meet the challenges of increasing demands for food from a growing global population, argues a team of ... > full story -
Farming Started in Several Places at Once: Origins of Agriculture in the Fertile Crescent
July 5, 2013 — For decades archaeologists have been searching for the origins of agriculture. Their findings indicated that early plant domestication took place in the western and northern Fertile Crescent. In a ... > full story -
'Organic' Milk Is Poorer in Iodine Than Conventional Milk
July 4, 2013 — Milk from organic farms has a lower concentration of elements like zinc, iodine and selenium than milk produced by conventional farming methods. The discrepancy is due to the absence of mineral ... > full story -
Sulfur from Yeast Helps to Track Animal Protein Pathways
July 3, 2013 — Researchers have labelled sulfur in brewer's yeast with a non-radioactive method so that when feeding it to laboratory rats the course taken by the element can be tracked and the amino acids and ... > full story -
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Insecticide Causes Changes in Honeybee Genes, Research Finds
July 2, 2013 — Exposure to a neonicotinoid insecticide causes changes to the genes of the ... > full story -
Gene Therapy Cures a Severe Pediatric Neurodegenerative Disease in Animal Models
July 2, 2013 — A single session of gene therapy cures Sanfilippo Syndrome A in animal models. This syndrome is a neurodegenerative disease that affects between 1 and 9 out of every 100,000 children, and causes the ... > full story -
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Cattle Flatulence Doesn't Stink With Biotechnology: Farmers Could Improve Air Quality by Using Hormones
July 1, 2013 — According to animal scientists, emerging biotechnologies can reduce the environmental impact of cattle production. Feed supplements and synthetic hormones will not affect humans, but they will ... > full story -
Mapping the Benefits of Our Ecosystems
July 1, 2013 — We rely on our physical environment for many things -- clean water, land for crops or pastures, storm water absorption, and recreation, among others. Yet it has been challenging to figure out how to ... > full story -
Improving Crop Yields in a World of Extreme Weather Events
July 1, 2013 — When plants encounter drought, they naturally produce abscisic acid (ABA), a stress hormone that helps them cope with the drought conditions. Specifically, the hormone turns on receptors in the ... > full story -
Genomic Atlas of Gene Switches in Plants Provides Roadmap for Crop Research
June 30, 2013 — What allows certain plants to survive freezing and thrive in the Canadian climate, while others are sensitive to the slightest drop in temperature? Those that flourish activate specific genes at just ... > full story
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