Continuing global population growth requires an increase in food production. The LEGATO project looks at rice as key staple food for a majority of the human population and the ways in which knowledge about ecosystem services ...
Environment
Jun 22, 2015
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The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Terra satellite captured this true-color image of agricultural fires on June 13, 2015. Smoke and actively burning fires (shown with red outlines) are visible ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 15, 2015
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The power of DNA evidence to put someone behind bars or keep an individual free is a staple of television shows like "Law & Order" and "CSI." But not all DNA evidence is so straightforward.
Biotechnology
May 25, 2015
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's claim during a recent blizzard that food delivery bikes were not emergency vehicles caused a small disruption in the City's normally fast, abundant and inexpensive access to nearly any ...
Environment
May 1, 2015
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Scientists have developed a new, simple way to cook rice that could cut the number of calories absorbed by the body by more than half, potentially reducing obesity rates, which is especially important in countries where the ...
Biotechnology
Mar 23, 2015
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With the global population rising, analysts and policymakers have targeted Africa's vast wet savannas as a place to produce staple foods and bioenergy groups at low environmental costs. But a new report published in the journal ...
Environment
Mar 16, 2015
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Staples Inc. says nearly 1.2 million customer payment cards may have been exposed during a security breach earlier this year.
Security
Dec 19, 2014
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If anyone can get us to use our smartphones as wallets, it's Apple. That's what experts think about the recent launch of Apple Pay, the first mobile wallet to work on an iPhone.
Business
Oct 30, 2014
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Staples is looking into a potential credit card data breach and has been in touch with law enforcement officials about the issue.
Security
Oct 21, 2014
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Two papers in the Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science investigate the effects of low water input, and high salt levels, on rice growth.
Biotechnology
Oct 6, 2014
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