Substituting fishmeal in aquaculture feeds with plant ingredients may not be as beneficial for the environment as many predict, according to new research from an international team of experts.
Environment
Apr 12, 2019
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The soybean cyst nematode, one of the crop's most destructive pests, isn't like most of its wormy relatives. Whereas the vast majority of nematodes look like the microscopic worms they are, the female soybean cyst nematode ...
Biotechnology
Mar 28, 2019
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The World Health Organization estimates that 90 percent of people breathe polluted air, which causes 7 million premature deaths each year. That's why Ongenia LLC, a Purdue-affiliated startup, is developing a bio-material ...
Materials Science
Feb 15, 2019
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Holiday drivers who find that roadwork is driving them crazy may find in future years that a Purdue University-affiliated startup can seal the deal for a merrier journey.
Engineering
Dec 14, 2018
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By temporarily silencing the expression of a critical gene, researchers fooled soybean plants into sensing they were under siege, encountering a wide range of stresses. Then, after selectively cross breeding those plants ...
Biotechnology
Nov 13, 2018
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Petroleum-based paraffin wax commonly coats cardboard and all sorts of other products to improve durability and water resistance, but it can't be recycled and may adversely affect human health. So researchers at Iowa State ...
Biotechnology
Oct 4, 2018
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Natto, a food made from fermented soybeans, often turns off newcomers to Japanese food due to its strong smell and stringy slime.
Other
Sep 28, 2018
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A tiny pest can cause huge losses to soybean farmers.
Biotechnology
Aug 29, 2018
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What can scientists learn about human neurodegenerative disease from a major soybean pest? It's not a trick question; the answer lies in the soybean cyst nematode, one of two classes of microscopic roundworms known to lose ...
Biotechnology
Aug 16, 2018
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Soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merr.) is one of the most important crops, providing more than half of global oilseed production and more than a quarter of the world's protein for food and animal feed. Studies have indicated that ...
Biotechnology
Aug 3, 2018
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