(Phys.org) —Caffeine is the naturally occurring drug most widely used by humans. In nature, though, it is reported to act as a bitter and toxic deterrent to herbivores, preventing leaves and seeds from ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

May 13, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

In 2009, in the midst of a global economic recession total investments on Canadian farms exceeded $11.4 billion, up from $8.2 billion in 2001. The latest research from Ivey School of Business Agri-food Innovation Centre, ...

Other Sciences - Economics & Business

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Tensions are building between the struggling U.S. offshore wind industry and the federal agency that oversees it.

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Mar 04, 2013 not rated yet 1

How, when and where a pathogen is transmitted between two individuals in a population is crucial in understanding and predicting how a disease will spread. New research has laid the foundation for a new generation of zoonotic ...

Physics - General Physics

Feb 05, 2013 not rated yet 0

The wind industry spent most of 2012 begging Congress to extend the production tax credit for utility-scale wind turbines.

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Jan 04, 2013 3 / 5 (3) 4

Choosing the perfect wine may soon involve more than just knowing the perfect vintage and chateau. Differences in the microbes present on grapes even in different parts of the same vineyard may contribute to flavor fluctuations ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Dec 26, 2012 4 / 5 (1) 0 |

Waste from salmon production is currently being discharged into Norwegian coastal waters. Researchers say this is a resource – worth NOK 6 billion each year – that should be exploited for new biological ...

Biology - Other

Nov 23, 2012 4.5 / 5 (2) 0

Little attention has been paid to the use of antibiotics in the aquaculture industry as one reason for the increase in bacteria resistant to antibiotics and the spread of such resistance to other bacteria.

Biology - Ecology

Nov 19, 2012 not rated yet 0

Sandia National Laboratories published the second annual 2012 Wind Plant Reliability Benchmark on Monday, and the results should help the nation's growing wind industry benchmark its performance, understand vulnerabilities ...

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Oct 04, 2012 not rated yet 0

A European project, ALFA, has developed a state-of-the-art automatic system to control the most important variable parameters in live feed production for fish hatcheries. The systems were geared to suit conditions ...

Biology - Ecology

Sep 17, 2012 not rated yet 0

The race to create a better, less controversial biofuel has spawned plenty of research into a variety of potential new sources - including switchgrass, corn stalks and algae.

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Aug 07, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0

(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration called on drug companies Wednesday to help limit the use of antibiotics given to farm animals, a decades-old practice that scientists say has contributed to a surge in dangerous, ...

Biology - Other

Apr 11, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

Researchers have found the subtle genetic differences that make one parasite far more virulent than its close relative.

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Mar 22, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

The ocean is becoming an increasingly crowded place. New users, such as the wind industry, compete with existing users and interests for space and resources. With the federal mandate for comprehensive ocean planning made ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Mar 05, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

(AP) -- Refrigerators, TVs and other debris dragged into sea when a massive earthquake hit Japan last March, causing tsunamis as high as 130 feet to crash ashore, could show up in remote atolls north of Hawaii ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Feb 28, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0