(Phys.org) —Earth watcher Proba-V is in good health following its launch last week. The Vegetation imager has been switched on and the first image has been captured over western France.

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

May 20, 2013 4 / 5 (1) 1

New technology offers the promise of reducing billions of dollars of losses that occur each year from the silent, invisible killer of fruits, vegetables and cut flowers—a gas whose effects are familiar to everyone who has ...

Chemistry - Biochemistry

May 15, 2013 4 / 5 (2) 0

(Phys.org) —New insights into two factors that are creating a potentially volatile Southern California wildfire season come from an ongoing project using NASA and Indian satellite data by scientists at ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

May 14, 2013 4.8 / 5 (4) 1

Though the price makes you wince, you might just buy that bottle of your favorite olive oil anyway. Perhaps it's exactly what you want for the salad dressing you're making tonight and for your special stir-fry ...

Biology - Other

May 10, 2013 4 / 5 (1) 0

(Phys.org) —Tomatoes can contain more vitamin C if they are exposed to extra light from LED lamps while growing on the plant. This has been proven by research by Wageningen UR Greenhouse Horticulture in ...

Biology - Biotechnology

May 09, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Meticulous attention to food safety is a good thing. As consumers, we like to hear that produce growers and distributers go above and beyond food safety mandates to ensure that healthy fresh fruits and vegetables do not carry ...

Biology - Ecology

May 06, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

It's difficult to imagine how a degree or two of warming will affect a location. Will it rain less? What will happen to the area's vegetation? New Berkeley Lab research offers a way to envision a warmer future. It maps how ...

Space & Earth - Environment

May 05, 2013 4.2 / 5 (16) 10 |

Even as the snow begins to retreat in the eastern part of Russia, fires are being set to clear the land for planting. This Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from the Aqua satellite ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Apr 30, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

By combining high-resolution surface data obtained from laser scanning with subsurface geodata, scientists from Heidelberg University have succeeded for the first time in providing a full picture of so-called karst depressions ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Apr 30, 2013 not rated yet 0

Sunflower seed husks, a huge waste product of the vegetable oil and food industry, could be used as an environmentally friendly filler, or aggregate, for concrete according to Turkish researchers writing in the International Jo ...

Technology - Engineering

Apr 26, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 1

Just read the leaves. Regularly testing leaf tissue for nutrient levels may significantly enhance the profitability of New York vegetable crops, say Cornell researchers.

Biology - Ecology

Apr 25, 2013 not rated yet 0

University of Alberta researchers were certainly surprised when they discovered the unusual response of pikas to patches of vegetation that had previously been grazed on by caterpillars from a species normally found in the ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 24, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

Although advances in agronomy, breeding, and biotechnology have dramatically increased corn grain yields, soil test values indicate that producers may not be supplying optimal nutrient levels. Moreover, many current nutrient ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 18, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org) —Exposing packaged liquids, fruits and vegetables to an electrical field for just minutes might eliminate all traces of foodborne pathogens on those foods, according to a Purdue University study.

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Apr 17, 2013 5 / 5 (11) 7 |

In the last thirty years, vegetation has changed significantly the world over. Until recently, the extent to which the climate or humankind was responsible remained unclear. However, geographers from the ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Apr 16, 2013 4.4 / 5 (5) 2