What Do Asian Citrus Psyllids and Horseshoe Crabs Have in Common?
In New York, researchers give hope to Florida citrus growers based on new findings regarding citrus psyllids. When Asian citrus psyllids are fighting infection...
Great tomato flavor is coming back to the supermarket
In Florida, the keys to a better-tasting supermarket tomato were identified in a global study led by a University of Florida researcher. By studying...
Insects make the largest seasonal migration in the world
In Israel, a multi-year, international insect migration study confirmed that insects migrate seasonally and that this movement constitutes the largest migration found in today’s...
New ultrasound technology leads to inexpensive disease biomarker detection
In Washington D.C., American Chemical Society researchers reported a new technique that uses ultrasound to concentrate fluorescently-labeled disease biomarkers otherwise impossible to detect with...
NIFA awards $13.6 million to combat citrus greening disease
In Washington, D.C., the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture announced four grants totaling more than $13.6 million to combat...
New urine test knows everything you ate
In the United Kingdom, researchers from Imperial College London, Newcastle University and Aberystwyth University developed a five-minute urine test that measures the breakdown of...
UCSD receives $10.5 million gift to focus international human milk research
In California, the Switzerland-based Family Larsson-Rosenquist Foundation made a $10.5 million gift to the University of California San Diego to empower researchers to unravel...
Soil health improves with grasses and small grains in crop rotation
In Indiana, a joint Purdue University and U.S. Department of Agriculture study found that including pasture and small grains in crop rotations can be...
Appalachian Mountains Joint Venture receives $16 million to improve forest health
In West Virginia, the Appalachian Mountains Joint Venture is working with landowners in West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Kentucky to improve the health of...
Berkeley Lab receives $4.6 million to non-destructively image roots and soil
In California, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory received $4.6 million from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy for two innovative projects to...