Researchers at the University of Arkansas are attempting to help the U.S. dairy industry decrease its carbon footprint as concentrations of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere reach record levels.

Space & Earth - Environment

May 31, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

The world's first "test-tube" meat, a hamburger made from a cow's stem cells, will be produced this fall, Dutch scientist Mark Post told a major science conference on Sunday.

Biology - Other

Feb 20, 2012 4.6 / 5 (14) 27

Many Christians give up certain foods for Lent, however ecologists have discovered these changes in human diet have a dramatic impact on the diet of wild animals. In Ethiopia, members of the Orthodox Tewahedo Church stop ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 04, 2012 4.5 / 5 (4) 0 |

A recently completed study of water supplies on Pennsylvania dairy farms found that about a quarter of those tested had at least one water-quality issue. And average milk production for these farms was about ...

Space & Earth - Environment

May 23, 2013 not rated yet 0

The possibility of selective breeding to produce cattle that are consistently low methane emitters is being explored by an international team of scientists led by the University of Aberdeen.

Biology - Other

May 30, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 1

A new generation of the HTL process can convert all kinds of biomasses to crude bio-oil, which is sufficiently similar to fossil crude oil that a simple thermal upgrade and existing refinery technology can ...

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Feb 06, 2013 4.8 / 5 (5) 3

Dairy cows that are fed flaxseed produce more nutritious milk, according to a new study by Oregon State University.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jan 25, 2013 4.3 / 5 (6) 3

University of Miami assistant professor in the College of Engineering, Na Li and her collaborators have developed a fast, economical and easy method to detect melamine in milk. Melamine is the compound found ...

Nanotechnology - Bio & Medicine

Apr 01, 2010 5 / 5 (6) 0 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- Warmer weather across northern New York could present an opportunity for farmers: soybeans.

Biology - Ecology

Feb 16, 2012 2.5 / 5 (4) 8

Scientists have long accepted that gas from farm animals is a major factor in climate change, but how do you stop cattle and sheep from doing what comes naturally?

Space & Earth - Environment

May 01, 2012 4.5 / 5 (2) 0

When food prices spiked in 2008, the number of households that moved into poverty was overestimated by about 60 percent, according to a recent University of Illinois study. In middle-income countries such as Mexico that have ...

Other Sciences - Economics & Business

Feb 15, 2012 4 / 5 (2) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Suggestive evidence points to the possibility that children who have a diet high in calcium and who consume dairy products may have a lower mortality rate than those who don’t, according ...

Medicine & Health - Health

Jul 28, 2009 not rated yet 1

"Cows are happy in parts of Northern California and not in Florida" is a good way to sum up the findings of new research from the University of Washington, said Yoram Bauman, best known as the "stand-up economist."

Biology - Ecology

Jul 11, 2012 3.5 / 5 (8) 0

(Phys.org) -- Cows are thirsty and with good reason — they need to drink nearly 30 gallons of water a day to produce milk and stay healthy. That water needs to be high quality because much of the ingested ...

Biology - Other

Jul 13, 2012 not rated yet 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Nowadays, there seems to be a pill for everything, and multivitamins are getting a reputation of being a quick fix for nutrition and overall healthy living. But University of Cincinnati Physicians ...

Medicine & Health - Health

Feb 04, 2010 2.5 / 5 (14) 0