NIFA supports sustainable U.S. aquaculture with $1.2 million in grants
In Washington, D.C., the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture announced four grants totaling $1.2 million to support the development...
Blue scorpion venom and plant-based phytonutrients combine to inhibit cancer growth
In Maryland, PetLife Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced an all-natural cancer cocktail combining Blue Scorpion Venom Chlorotoxin with plant-based phytonutrients. Preliminary testing has shown inhibition against certain cancer...
AgResearch investing $25 million to grow healthier farm animals with more nutritious ryegrass
In New Zealand, AgResearch scientists aided by a five-year $25 million grant are enhancing ryegrass to produce healthier animals, better production on the farm...
LiDAR uncovers previously unknown Maya expanse
In New York, archaeologists from the U.S., Europe, and Guatemala collaborated in a LiDAR survey of the jungles of northern Guatemala to map the...
Corteva Agriscience and the International Rice Research Institute boost rice sustainability
In Singapore, Corteva Agriscience and the International Rice Research Institute announced a multi-year framework agreement on collaborative rice research, deployment of new breeding technologies...
To know when a plant is thirsty, print a sensor right on the leaf
In Massachusetts, MIT engineers have created sensors that can be printed onto plant leaves that will reveal when the plants are experiencing a water...
Drones Not Going Anywhere But Up for PrecisionAg Farmers
In Washington, Dr. Lav Khot is working on several drone projects to help farmers with their precision ag methods. He is using drone thermal...
Dipstick technology extracts DNA and RNA in 30 seconds, without a lab
In Australia, a new dipstick technology that enables pathogen detection and the rapid diagnosis of human, animal and plant disease in even the most...
Baker’s yeast is enlisted as a low-cost, low-maintenance global pathogen detector
In New York, during a project that began as a search to find a cost-effective, simple way to detect cholera, Columbia University researchers developed...
Using old tree rootstock to make new apple trees increases resistance to disease and...
In New York, geneticists with the Agricultural Research Service are working with one of the ancestors of the world’s first apple trees from Kazakhstan...