TerrAvio and Servi-Tech Partnership to Offer Clients Improved Aerial Imagery Services
In California, TerrAvio and Servi-Tech, Inc. have partnered to offer more aerial imagery options to growers. TerrAvion takes hundreds of flights a week to...
Genome sequencing for all – Google releases DeepVariant as open source
In California, Google released the open source version of DeepVariant, a deep learning technology to reconstruct the true genome sequence from HTS sequencer data....
Magic mushrooms gene cluster save themselves
In Ohio, researchers found that psilocybin, the chemical that gives mushrooms hallucinogenic effects, actually serves a purpose for the mushrooms themselves. They analyzed three...
More air pollution leads to lower healthy nasal microbes
In Italy, scientists at the University of Milan wanted to find out how higher levels of air pollution leads to increased health issues including...
Worries and wondering abound for Galveston National Laboratory in Texas
In Texas, Hurricane Harvey and the resulting flooding in the Galveston area is causing people to wonder about the safety of the Galveston National...
Modern Hybrid Corn Demonstrates Higher Yields in Ohio
In Ohio, Harold Watters, an Ohio State University Extension Field Agronomist, conducted a study comparing the yields on three different corn seed varieties. His...
More Vitamin E could come in maize with new genetic findings
In New York, Cornell University scientists identified genes that control vitamin E content in maize grain, a finding that could lead to improving the...
Oxford Genetics Receives Grant from Innovate UK for Bioinformatics Research
In the United Kingdom, Innovate UK gave Oxford Genetics a £1.6 million grant, about $2 million, so they can conduct a research project in...
Microbes Convert Plastic Waste Into Fertilizer, Heat and Energy
In Australia, POET Systems developed two new machines as part of the first system to use anaerobic digestion technology to turn plastic waste into...
DNA evidence is putting rhino poachers behind bars
In South Africa, researchers from the University of Pretoria and Russia-based St. Petersburg State University are using DNA evidence to successfully link rhinoceros horns...