Project brings a Mars farm plot to Wisconsin
Two University of Wisconsin-Stout professors are taking their students to Mars.
Space Exploration
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Phage hunting students publish in PLoS ONE
(PhysOrg.com) -- Recently a research paper titled "Expanding the Diversity of Mycobacteriophages: Insights into Genome Architecture and Evolution" was published in PLoS ONE, a peer-reviewed online journal published by the ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 25, 2011
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Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize
A soil scientist whose research led to improved food production and a better understanding of how atmospheric carbon can be held in the soil to help combat climate change was named this year's recipient of the World Food ...
Environment
Jun 11, 2020
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Research shows that soil calcium limits forest songbirds
Acid rain and subsequent calcium depletion of forest soils in eastern North America may be limiting forest songbird populations, according to a researcher in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
Ecology
Sep 7, 2011
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Researchers find a common angle and tipping point of branching valley networks
Over the course of decades or even centuries, Earth's landscape can appear relatively static, with mountains and valleys seemingly anchored firmly in place. Viewed over a longer timescale, however—on the order of hundreds ...
Environment
Dec 6, 2012
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Tillage and reduced-input rotations affect runoff from agricultural fields
No-till management practices can reduce soil erosion, but evidence suggests they can also lead to increased runoff of dissolved phosphorus from soil surfaces. Meanwhile, farmers looking to avoid herbicides often have to combat ...
Environment
Jun 11, 2013
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A lawn is better than fertilizer for growing healthy blueberries
Blueberries are prone to iron deficiency—and correcting it increases their health-enhancing antioxidant content, researchers have discovered.
Ecology
Mar 12, 2019
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Deforestation, erosion exacerbate mercury spikes near Peruvian gold mining
Scientists from Duke University have developed a model that can predict the amount of mercury being released into a local ecosystem by deforestation and small-scale gold mining.
Environment
Dec 12, 2019
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Undergraduate studies how rhododendrons invade and conquer by disturbing nitrogen cycle
How important is the soil beneath our feet to what grows above it?
Environment
Oct 16, 2014
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Study finds Miami's soils are 'heavily contaminated' with vehicle-exhaust pollutants
(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Florida study has revealed that soil in urban Miami has high amounts of 16 pollutants commonly found in vehicle exhaust that have been linked to respiratory, immunological, neurological and ...
Environment
May 18, 2010
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