North American forests’ carbon capture potential is quantified
In California, University of California, Santa Cruz researchers calculated the capacity of North American forests to sequester carbon in a detailed analysis that, for...
University of Delaware teams with brewery on bio-acetone research
In Delaware, research emerging from two labs at the University of Delaware and their collaborators at White Dog Labs in New Castle drives the...
Kimchi helps prevent allergic diseases and high blood pressure
In South Korea, kimchi, one of Korea's major fermented foods, is helpful in preventing allergic diseases, obesity, and anemia, according to a new paper....
Study says consuming no alcohol minimizes your health risk
In Washington, a new scientific study concludes there is no safe level of drinking alcohol. “The health risks associated with alcohol are massive,” said...
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...
Sight and sound combine to improve body tissue imaging
In Indiana, Purdue University researchers are developing a novel biomedical imaging system that combines optical and ultrasound technology to improve diagnosis of life-threatening diseases...
Deveron UAS Signs Contract with Thompsons Ltd for Drone Remote Sensing Data
In Canada, Deveron UAS Corp, an agriculture drone data services company, signed a multi-year deal with Thompsons Ltd, an ag retailer that is a...
Research shows ancient agriculture changed Earth’s climate
In Wisconsin, millennia ago, ancient farmers cleared land to plant wheat and maize, potatoes and squash. And unknowingly, they may have been fundamentally altering...
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...
Mixed forests are more productive and ecologically resilient
In Germany, mixed forests are more productive than monocultures. This is true on all five continents, and particularly in regions with high precipitation according...