News tagged with food resources

Agroforestry is not rocket science but it might save DPR Korea

There is more going on in DPR Korea than rocket science: local people in collaboration with natural resources scientists are taking control of their food supply through agroforestry. This is according to a report published ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Court orders FDA action on antibiotic use on farms

(AP) -- A federal court judge has ordered the Food and Drug Administration to take action on its own 35-year-old rule that would stop farmers from mixing popular antibiotics into animal feed, a practice which is widely believed ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Study reveals why our ancestors switched to bipedal power

(PhysOrg.com) -- Our earliest ancestors may have started walking on two limbs instead of four in a bid to monopolise resources and to carry as much food as possible in one go, researchers have found.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 20, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (15) | comments 12 | with audio podcast

Is seaweed the future of biofuel?

As scientists continue the hunt for energy sources that are safer, cleaner alternatives to fossil fuel, an ever-increasing amount of valuable farmland is being used to produce bioethanol, a source of transportation fuel. ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 05, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Bumblebees get by with a little help from their honeybee rivals

Bumblebees can use cues from their rivals the honeybees to learn where the best food resources are, according to new research from Queen Mary, University of London.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers outline world's land and water resources for food and agriculture

Researchers from the University of Southampton have contributed to a major international United Nation's (UN) report into the current status of the world's land and water resources for food and agriculture.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Even low doses of insecticides put honeybees at risk

Scientists in France have discovered that honeybees are at a higher risk of dying from infection by Nosema ceranae (N. ceranae) when they are exposed to low doses of insecticides. The results, presented in ...

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Gray whales likely survived the Ice Ages by changing their diets

(PhysOrg.com) -- Gray whales survived many cycles of global cooling and warming over the past few million years, likely by exploiting a more varied diet than they do today, according to a new study by University ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 06, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Groups sue US over antibiotics in farm feed

A coalition of consumer groups filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against the US Food and Drug Administration over the use of human antibiotics in animal feed, saying it creates dangerous superbugs.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Your plaice or mine? Male fish refuse to ask for directions

(PhysOrg.com) -- Male fish are so stubborn that they refuse to ask for directions, especially when they are ready to reproduce.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 07, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Independent Grocery Stores Boost Urban Fruit, Veggie Consumption

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study from Detroit finds that the food environment of a neighborhood — the presence or absence of grocery stores, food markets and convenience stores and whether they sell fresh produce — influences ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists Identify Bacteria That Increase Plant Growth

(PhysOrg.com) -- Through work originally designed to remove contaminants from soil, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and their Belgium colleagues at Hasselt University ...

Biology /

created Jan 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 2


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