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Food and agriculture
Food and agriculture relates to the science of cultivating soil, growing crops, and/or raising livestock in preparation of plant/animal products for people to sell at markets and/or consume.
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JUL 08, 2015Plants & Animals
For years now, environmentalists, entomologists and other scientists have been watching the decline of the honeybee and ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 07, 2015Videos
Each year in the United States approximately 1 in 6 Americans will contract a foodborne illness. In order to estimate th ...Written By: Sarah HertrichJUL 01, 2015Plants & Animals
When you think of a farm, admit it, a deep dark tunnel isn't what you imagine. Farms are in the country, with green roll ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 25, 2015Health & Medicine
Salmonella enterica is the number one cause of bacterial foodborne illness worldwide. Infections can be transmitted by a ...Written By: Sarah HertrichJUN 05, 2015Plants & Animals
In China, it's about the numbers. Not math skills, but just sheer numbers. Most recent figures put the country's populat ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 22, 2015Plants & Animals
It's amazing to think that the bulk of the world's food supply comes down to around seven species of insect: honeybees f ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 29, 2015Earth & The Environment
When we think of bees, we think of fuzzy little pollinators zipping among flowers, making them grow. Or busy groups of h ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 06, 2015Earth & The Environment
Even as the worst drought in decades ravages California, and its cities face mandatory cuts in water use, millions of po ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 02, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Cancer-fighting pink pineapples, heart-healthy purple tomatoes and less fatty vegetable oils may someday be on grocery s ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 02, 2015Earth & The Environment
New research published in Nature Communications provides insight into how large-scale deforestation could impact global ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 27, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Eighteen piglets born recently are the result of two years of intense research by scientists in the College of Agricultu ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 25, 2015Neuroscience
A mother's exposure to common air pollution-the type emitted from car exhaust, coal burning, and even charred foods-has ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 23, 2015Plants & Animals
In San Diego, residents have been dealing with aggressive coyotes and the struggle could go up a notch and turn violent. ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 18, 2015Plants & Animals
Francisco Delgado Vargas, from the Autonomous University of Sinaloa (UAS), researches the use of the plant Typha dominge ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 17, 2014Technology
PathSensors Inc. (www.PathSensors.com), a Baltimore-based biotechnology and environmental testing company, is developing ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 05, 2014Earth & The Environment
What could have a more natural and positive effect on climate change than agriculture? Contrary to what you may think, t ...FEB 12, 2014Microbiology
It's tough to be a microbe. Microbes often live in extreme environments and feed on waste materials-processing them in w ...
JUL 08, 2015
Plants & Animals
For years now, environmentalists, entomologists and other scientists have been watching the decline of the honeybee and
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 07, 2015
Videos
Each year in the United States approximately 1 in 6 Americans will contract a foodborne illness. In order to estimate th
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
JUL 01, 2015
Plants & Animals
When you think of a farm, admit it, a deep dark tunnel isn't what you imagine. Farms are in the country, with green roll
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 25, 2015
Health & Medicine
Salmonella enterica is the number one cause of bacterial foodborne illness worldwide. Infections can be transmitted by a
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
JUN 05, 2015
Plants & Animals
In China, it's about the numbers. Not math skills, but just sheer numbers. Most recent figures put the country's populat
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 22, 2015
Plants & Animals
It's amazing to think that the bulk of the world's food supply comes down to around seven species of insect: honeybees f
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 29, 2015
Earth & The Environment
When we think of bees, we think of fuzzy little pollinators zipping among flowers, making them grow. Or busy groups of h
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 06, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Even as the worst drought in decades ravages California, and its cities face mandatory cuts in water use, millions of po
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 02, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Cancer-fighting pink pineapples, heart-healthy purple tomatoes and less fatty vegetable oils may someday be on grocery s
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 02, 2015
Earth & The Environment
New research published in Nature Communications provides insight into how large-scale deforestation could impact global
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 27, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Eighteen piglets born recently are the result of two years of intense research by scientists in the College of Agricultu
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 25, 2015
Neuroscience
A mother's exposure to common air pollution-the type emitted from car exhaust, coal burning, and even charred foods-has
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 23, 2015
Plants & Animals
In San Diego, residents have been dealing with aggressive coyotes and the struggle could go up a notch and turn violent.
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 18, 2015
Plants & Animals
Francisco Delgado Vargas, from the Autonomous University of Sinaloa (UAS), researches the use of the plant Typha dominge
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 17, 2014
Technology
PathSensors Inc. (www.PathSensors.com), a Baltimore-based biotechnology and environmental testing company, is developing
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 05, 2014
Earth & The Environment
What could have a more natural and positive effect on climate change than agriculture? Contrary to what you may think, t
...
FEB 12, 2014
Microbiology
It's tough to be a microbe. Microbes often live in extreme environments and feed on waste materials-processing them in w
...