A new study shows that although certain bumble bees are at risk, other bee species in the northeastern United States persisted across a 140-year period despite expanding human populations and changing land ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 04, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

(Phys.org) —The effect that global warming will have on plants is now better understood thanks to advanced modelling provided by The University of Queensland's (UQ) Professor Graeme Hammer, one of Australia's leading crop ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Mar 04, 2013 2.9 / 5 (10) 7 |

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists and cooperators have developed an interactive atlas of wild plants in Guatemala that are closely related to crop plants. The atlas will make it easier to preserve ...

Biology - Other

Mar 04, 2013 not rated yet 0

New research has uncovered a mechanism that regulates the reproduction of plants, providing a possible tool for engineering higher yielding crops.

Biology - Evolution

Mar 01, 2013 4 / 5 (1) 0 |

Growers who use cover crops are increasingly turning to a tool that can flatten out their actively growing fields, usually in a single pass. Known as a "roller/crimper," the technology can help reduce and ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 01, 2013 3 / 5 (2) 0

Researchers studying data from 600 fields in 20 countries have found that managed honey bees are not as successful at pollinating crops as wild insects, primarily wild bees, suggesting the continuing loss ...

Biology - Ecology

Feb 28, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 1 |

Genetically modified (GM) crops have been a source of great controversy—particularly in Europe—but acts of vandalism and associated security costs have made scientific evidence about the health and ecological ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Feb 28, 2013 not rated yet 0

A warming world is putting crops at risk, according to scientists who studied how the weather affects French maize yields.

Space & Earth - Environment

Feb 28, 2013 3.7 / 5 (3) 3

Researchers from AIST have developed microalga-based bioplastics mainly from constituents extracted from Euglena, a species of microalga.

Chemistry - Materials Science

Feb 28, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Amid efforts to expand production of biofuels, scientists are reporting new estimates that downgrade the amount of additional land available for growing fuel crops by almost 80 percent. Their report appears ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Feb 27, 2013 not rated yet 1

University of Alberta researchers have found a way to replace artificial preservatives in bread, making it tastier.

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Feb 25, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

(Phys.org)—To slide into nano-sized openings inside minerals, certain metals shed layers of water, according to the NISE (pronounced "nice") theory, first published in 2011 by Dr. Cristian Schulthess and ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

Feb 22, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

(Phys.org)—Increased carbon dioxide levels caused by climate change may help wheat cope with drought, according to researchers at The University of Western Australia. 

Biology - Ecology

Feb 22, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org)—A team of researchers with members from several countries around the world, and led by Chinese agriculturalist Fusuo Zhang has found that nitrogen deposition over China has increased by over ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Feb 21, 2013 4.7 / 5 (3) 3 |

The US Supreme Court appeared on Tuesday to side with Monsanto against an Indiana farmer accused of having pirated the genetically-modified crops developed by the agribusiness giant.

Biology - Biotechnology

Feb 20, 2013 3.7 / 5 (3) 0