New discovery finds rocks produce more than a quarter of the nitrogen available to...
In California, the prevailing science has indicated that all of the nitrogen on Earth available to plants comes from the atmosphere. But a study...
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...
Four universities win $50,000 each in the first national I-FAST competition
In Washington D.C., the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture and the National Science Foundation presented the winners of the...
Mediterranean diet enriched with fatty fish reduces childhood asthma symptoms
In Australia, a clinical trial led by La Trobe University has shown eating fish such as salmon, trout and sardines as part of a...
Solving iron deficiencies with biofortified wheat
In Nebraska, biofortified wheat could make it easier to help some humans get proper nutrition. Unlike fortification, which might add a mineral like iron...
New Utah Water Research UAV captures 20 square miles of 10 centimeter resolution per...
In Utah, researchers at Utah State University unveiled their newest all-electric unmanned aerial vehicle for agriculture research and water resources engineering. The BluJay line...
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...
Earth system models project global ocean fishery declines by 2300
In New York, researchers at the University of California, Irvine, and Cornell University extended the state-of-the-art Earth system models for physical and biogeochemical oceanic...
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...
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...