Turkey poop could fuel your next Thanksgiving
In Israel, Ben-Gurion University researchers are focusing on ways to transform turkey poop into useful products like fuel. While experimenting with different manure types,...
How to feed 10 billion people in 2050
In Sweden, according to a new study, a global shift towards healthy and more plant-based diets, halving food loss and waste, and improving farming...
Composting biochar improves its fertilizing capability
In Germany, a University of Tuebingen study demonstrated how the composting of biochar creates a very thin organic coating that significantly improves the biochar’s...
New proton battery promises more energy in an environmentally-friendly package
In Australia, for the first time, researchers from RMIT University in Melbourne demonstrated a working rechargeable proton battery that could re-wire how we power...
New electronic skin self-heals and is recyclable
In Colorado, CU Boulder researchers have developed a new type of malleable, self-healing and fully recyclable electronic skin that has applications ranging from robotics...
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...
National Farmers Union says withdrawing from the Paris Agreement hurts farmers and ranchers
In Washington, D.C., Roger Johnson, president of the National Farmers Union, said President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement rejects science and...
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...
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...
EU biomass policy needs a fundamental rethink: report
Spanish and Dutch policy experts have published research that used mathematical models to evaluate the role of public policy on biomass usage and better...