To step inside IBM Research-Almaden is to get a peek into how the latest advances in technology are being applied to a crazy quilt of important issues from food safety and cancer to recycling.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Aug 30, 2016
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Foodborne illnesses, like salmonella, E. Coli and norovirus infections, are a major public health concern affecting more than one out of six Americans each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
Computer Sciences
Aug 15, 2016
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Food security is an issue of major concern along with climate change, as water supplies become scarce and the world's population continues to grow.Combined, these factors are expected to stress the world's agricultural capacity. ...
Biotechnology
Jul 25, 2016
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Climate change expected over the next decade may cause food production in a key agricultural region of Brazil to decline by up to 13 percent, according to research by Avery Cohn, assistant professor of environment and resource ...
Environment
May 18, 2016
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Marc Pollack, a Ph.D. student in the UC Davis Microbiology graduate group, and Jeremy Warren, a former postdoc in Plant Pathology, leave Davis at 5 a.m. every weekday morning to commute to IndieBio, a startup accelerator ...
Analytical Chemistry
May 13, 2016
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As countries around the world look for ways to reduce their use of fossil fuels, the growing demand for bioenergy runs the risk of threatening the global food supply. Researchers reporting in Biomass and Bioenergy have developed ...
Energy & Green Tech
May 10, 2016
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A study of California mussels, a key species in the rocky intertidal ecosystems of the West Coast, indicates that the effects of ocean acidification will vary from place to place along the coast depending on a range of interacting ...
Environment
May 9, 2016
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Half of the world's fruit and vegetable crops are lost during the food supply chain, due mostly to premature deterioration of these perishable foods, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United ...
Materials Science
May 6, 2016
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All living things require nitrogen for survival, but the world depends on only two known processes to break nitrogen's ultra-strong bonds and allow conversion to a form humans, animals and plants can consume. One is a natural, ...
Materials Science
Apr 21, 2016
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Water scarcity is a serious issue and a concern among the dairy industry, as declines in the availability of water could decrease food supply and increase food price. Water is necessary for many applications, including equipment ...
Energy & Green Tech
Apr 14, 2016
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