Cal Poly Strawberry Center joins other researchers to improve strawberry disease resistance
In California, the Cal Poly Strawberry Center, along with a team of scientists in California and Florida, has been awarded a $4.5 million grant...
Soil microbes are big helpers for long term carbon storage
In Illinois, a new approach to better understand the role of soil organic matter in long term carbon storage and its response to changes...
Southern pine beetles move north with increasing temperatures
In New York, a new study shows the southern pine beetle – one of the world’s most aggressive tree-killing insects – could spread through...
Eating walnuts activates the hunger regulator part of your brain
In Massachusetts, a first-of-its-kind brain imaging study showed consuming walnuts activates an area in the brain associated with regulating hunger and cravings. Packed with...
More leaf wax makes wheat more drought-tolerant
In Texas, researchers found that plants will generate a thicker layer of leaf wax to survive longer stretches of drought. Sarah Feakins, a scientist...
Plant-based chemotherapy complex kills cancer cells
In Washington, D.C., researchers led by Dr. Nicole Steinmetz at the Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland demonstrated that a complex consisting of tobacco...
Deep learning technique helps humans identify plant species in natural history collections
In Pennsylvania, computer algorithms looking at images of thousands of preserved plants have learned to automatically identify species that have been pressed, dried and...
Tomato juice can taste better by adding tomato essence
In Florida, University of Florida scientists are working on making your tomato juice taste better by extracting tomato essence and then adding it back...
Listening to honey bees may improve colony health
In Canada, using a platform with tiny sensors that detect sound and vibration placed along the wall of the hive, Simon Fraser University graduate...
First probiotic sour beer contains live strains of good bacteria
In Singapore, a novel probiotic sour beer created by a team of researchers from the National University of Singapore incorporates the probiotic strain Lactobacillus...