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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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JAN 22, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have engineered a meat product that can be cultivated in a lab, and are suggesting that it contains more text ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 17, 2020Genetics & Genomics
More and more people are being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease as the world's population ages. Scientists have now en ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 30, 2020Genetics & Genomics
In the latter half of the last century, agriculture underwent a technological revolution that enabled farmers to create ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 24, 2020Genetics & Genomics
With a reputation for destruction that goes back to ancient Egypt, locust swarms are once again a major problem for some ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 20, 2020Microbiology
Antibiotic-resistant microbes are considered to be a major public health threat. The overuse of antibiotics is thought t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 09, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Wine comes in a wide range of flavors and prices. Wine fraud, in which cheaply produced wine is passed off as the expens ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 02, 2020Microbiology
The Salmonella bacterium is to blame fora lot of foodborne infections, many of which cause only mild illness, though oth ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 19, 2020Plants & Animals
There are over two billion people around the world that don't get the recommended levels of minerals and vitamins in ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 19, 2020Microbiology
Cheese is made with microbes, and some of it has a very distinct smell. Scientists have now found that those smells actu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 16, 2020Plants & Animals
Earlier this week, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) released the Global Biodiversity Outlook 5 (GBO- ...Written By: Tiffany DazetSEP 14, 2020Plants & Animals
Rest easy, chips-and-dip lovers, the world's guacamole supply has been secured for future generations.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 13, 2020Earth & The Environment
New research published in the journal Nature Communications reports on the global phosphorus shortage that the planet is ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 11, 2020Chemistry & Physics
A study published in the Nature journal Scientific Reports uncovers the complex chemical processes behind aborigina ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 07, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have found evidence that humans in Europe gained the ability to metabolize the lactose, the sugar in milk, a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 06, 2020Earth & The Environment
Plants have natural fertilizers built into their physiological structures, reports new research published in the journal ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 27, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Since earlier this year, agriculture and food production in the developing world have been taking heavy damages from an ...Written By: Daniel DuanAUG 18, 2020Microbiology
The word pesto comes from the Genovese word pestâ (pestare in Italian) which means “to pound” o ...AUG 12, 2020Immunology
In recent years, the number of people diagnosed with celiac disease has increased drastically, even with many undiagnose ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 04, 2020Cancer
In an analysis of how regulators review pesticides for their potential to cause cancer, researchers at Silent Spring Ins ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 03, 2020Plants & Animals
Scientists used cutting edge technologies to assess how pervasive toxic or household chemicals and pathogens like plasti ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 16, 2020Plants & Animals
In the wild, bees rely on the flora and fauna in their environment to survive. Networks of plants and their pollinators ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 26, 2020Earth & The Environment
2020 is determined to be a year to remember. On top of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the worst locust outbreak seen in o ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 20, 2020Microbiology
Food waste is a major problem. A recent study conducted over seven years concluded that the average American wastes one ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 24, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Researchers from Texas A&M University have developed a hydrophobic dual functionality coating that can be applied to ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 22, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have engineered a meat product that can be cultivated in a lab, and are suggesting that it contains more text
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 17, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
More and more people are being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease as the world's population ages. Scientists have now en
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 30, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
In the latter half of the last century, agriculture underwent a technological revolution that enabled farmers to create
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 24, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
With a reputation for destruction that goes back to ancient Egypt, locust swarms are once again a major problem for some
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 20, 2020
Microbiology
Antibiotic-resistant microbes are considered to be a major public health threat. The overuse of antibiotics is thought t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 09, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Wine comes in a wide range of flavors and prices. Wine fraud, in which cheaply produced wine is passed off as the expens
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 02, 2020
Microbiology
The Salmonella bacterium is to blame fora lot of foodborne infections, many of which cause only mild illness, though oth
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 19, 2020
Plants & Animals
There are over two billion people around the world that don't get the recommended levels of minerals and vitamins in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 19, 2020
Microbiology
Cheese is made with microbes, and some of it has a very distinct smell. Scientists have now found that those smells actu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 16, 2020
Plants & Animals
Earlier this week, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) released the Global Biodiversity Outlook 5 (GBO-
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
SEP 14, 2020
Plants & Animals
Rest easy, chips-and-dip lovers, the world's guacamole supply has been secured for future generations.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 13, 2020
Earth & The Environment
New research published in the journal Nature Communications reports on the global phosphorus shortage that the planet is
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 11, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
A study published in the Nature journal Scientific Reports uncovers the complex chemical processes behind aborigina
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 07, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have found evidence that humans in Europe gained the ability to metabolize the lactose, the sugar in milk, a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 06, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Plants have natural fertilizers built into their physiological structures, reports new research published in the journal
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 27, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Since earlier this year, agriculture and food production in the developing world have been taking heavy damages from an
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
AUG 18, 2020
Microbiology
The word pesto comes from the Genovese word pestâ (pestare in Italian) which means “to pound” o
...
AUG 12, 2020
Immunology
In recent years, the number of people diagnosed with celiac disease has increased drastically, even with many undiagnose
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 04, 2020
Cancer
In an analysis of how regulators review pesticides for their potential to cause cancer, researchers at Silent Spring Ins
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 03, 2020
Plants & Animals
Scientists used cutting edge technologies to assess how pervasive toxic or household chemicals and pathogens like plasti
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 16, 2020
Plants & Animals
In the wild, bees rely on the flora and fauna in their environment to survive. Networks of plants and their pollinators
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 26, 2020
Earth & The Environment
2020 is determined to be a year to remember. On top of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the worst locust outbreak seen in o
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 20, 2020
Microbiology
Food waste is a major problem. A recent study conducted over seven years concluded that the average American wastes one
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 24, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Researchers from Texas A&M University have developed a hydrophobic dual functionality coating that can be applied to
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan