An Australian led-project to turn 1.4 million tonnes of Chinese pig poo into alternative energy and fertiliser has been hailed in a national science award.

Space & Earth - Environment

May 20, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 2

Every time Los Angeles exhales, odd-looking gadgets anchored in the mountains above the city trace the invisible puffs of carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gases that waft skyward.

Space & Earth - Environment

May 13, 2013 4 / 5 (4) 0

Undergoing surgery, even a minor procedure, can be stressful for anyone. But for people who have malignant hyperthermia, a hereditary disease that's triggered by certain drugs used for general anesthesia, ...

Biology - Other

Apr 30, 2013 not rated yet 0

Researchers from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have spent many years studying the remains of a Stone Age community in Karleby outside the town of Falköping, Sweden. The researchers have for example ...

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Apr 26, 2013 3.7 / 5 (3) 1 |

Although U.S. cattle genetics are exported all over the world in the form of frozen semen, the same is not true for pigs because boar semen does not freeze well. In an attempt to improve semen storage and pig reproduction, ...

Biology - Other

Apr 24, 2013 not rated yet 0

Inclusion of corn germ in swine diets can reduce diet costs, depending on the local cost of corn germ and other ingredients. Recent research conducted at the University of Illinois indicates that corn germ can be included ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 01, 2013 not rated yet 0

Stark new figures show that a common pig virus, present on 99 per cent of pig farms has major economic implications for individual farmers and the pig industry as a whole, costing British farmers as much as £84 per pig (if ...

Biology - Other

Mar 26, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org) —University of Auckland research revealing the extent to which feral pigs can disturb forest vegetation and soils has led to a call for the animals to be controlled as a pest in areas of high ecological value.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 26, 2013 not rated yet 0

The number of dead pigs found in a river running through China's commercial hub Shanghai had reached more than 13,000, the government and state media said Monday, as mystery deepened over the hogs' precise ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Mar 18, 2013 3.4 / 5 (5) 0

Pigs aren't known for being picky, but new research shows they avoid bitter tastes when they can.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 12, 2013 not rated yet 0

A research team at the University of Guelph has developed a new line of transgenic "Enviropigs." The new line of pigs is called the Cassie line, and it is known for passing genes on more reliably. The results of this project ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 07, 2013 not rated yet 0

A ban on the international trade of the Tasmanian tiger, the buff-nosed kangaroo rat and the pig-footed bandicoot was lifted Thursday—because the species have been extinct for decades.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 07, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Canola, cottonseed, and sunflower products can replace soybean meal in diets fed to pigs, but they contain less protein and energy. To determine if it makes economic sense to use them, producers need to know the concentrations ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Feb 28, 2013 not rated yet 0

Critically endangered leatherback sea turtle populations in the western Pacific Ocean may be losing their last foothold of survival on the beaches of Indonesia, according to a paper published today in the scientific journal ...

Biology - Ecology

Feb 26, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Subordinate animals must face higher risks than dominant ones Dominant meerkat females yield to their subaltern group members when faced with a dangerous obstacle: as a group of these animals reaches a road, ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Feb 19, 2013 3 / 5 (1) 0 |