Surfers three times more likely to have antibiotic resistant bacteria in guts
In the United Kingdom, surfers and bodyboarders are three times more likely to have antibiotic resistant E. coli in their guts than non-surfers, new...
Syngenta Reaches Settlement with Kansas Farmer Over Selling Uncertified Wheat Seed
In Kansas, Syngenta settled with Kyle Awalt, a Kansas farmer, for his sale of noncertified protected wheat seeds, specifically Syngenta’s AgriPro SY Monument and...
Magic disappearing act comes to 3D printing using stereolithography and ionic salts
In Rhode Island, Brown University engineers demonstrated a technique for making 3D printed biomaterials that can degrade on demand, which can be useful in...
Canada using DNA technologies to speed up agricultural imports and exports
In Canada, the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food announced that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency is using DNA-based technologies to help speed up the...
PrecisionHawk Integrates Drone Data Platform with John Deer’s Operations Center
In North Carolina, PrecisonHawk is integrating DataMapper, its drone data platform, with John Deere’s Operations Center, which will allow farmers to see all of...
Pouch Pathogen Protection for Your Fruits and Veggies
In Florida, scientists at the Agricultural Research Service are working with Worrell Water Technologies on a pouch that prevents pathogens from growing on fruits...
Living Wall brings life to interior spaces
In Italy, the Living Architecture project prototypes are gaining traction as an alternative living space where natural resources are incorporated into daily living. A...
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...
Tea Plant Genome Sequencing Completed to Open Door to Tea Flavors
In China, scientists have sequencing the genome of the tea plant, Camellia sinensis, which is more complex than a coffee plant genome, to better...
Is it ethical? NIH to look at human genome research ethics
In Maryland, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is looking for answers on the ethical, legal and social implications of human genome research. The...