Blue scorpion venom and plant-based phytonutrients combine to inhibit cancer growth
In Maryland, PetLife Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced an all-natural cancer cocktail combining Blue Scorpion Venom Chlorotoxin with plant-based phytonutrients. Preliminary testing has shown inhibition against certain cancer...
Forests are changing due to shifts in rainfall and temperature
In Florida, American forests are changing, thanks to climate change-induced shifts in rainfall and temperature that are causing shifts in the abundance of numerous...
Dipstick technology extracts DNA and RNA in 30 seconds, without a lab
In Australia, a new dipstick technology that enables pathogen detection and the rapid diagnosis of human, animal and plant disease in even the most...
Walnuts add gut health to their superfood credentials
In Louisiana, researchers found walnuts in the diet change the makeup of bacteria in the gut and that the reshaping of the gut microbe...
NIFA supports sustainable U.S. aquaculture with $1.2 million in grants
In Washington, D.C., the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture announced four grants totaling $1.2 million to support the development...
Drones Not Going Anywhere But Up for PrecisionAg Farmers
In Washington, Dr. Lav Khot is working on several drone projects to help farmers with their precision ag methods. He is using drone thermal...
Wearable sensors for plants
In Iowa, researchers at Iowa State University are working with new, low-cost, easily produced, graphene-based, sensors-on-tape that can be attached to plants and can...
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...
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...
Bacteria spreads in the kitchen without proper handwashing
In Washington, D.C., the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service recently completed an observational study in which participants were recorded cooking in a test...