Can used coffee grounds help clean up environmental toxins?
Global coffee consumption generates millions of tons of spent coffee grounds each year, which can be damaging to wildlife and the environment.
Global coffee consumption generates millions of tons of spent coffee grounds each year, which can be damaging to wildlife and the environment.
Ecology
Mar 18, 2024
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Biophysicists from Skoltech, MIPT and their colleagues from the company Prostagnost have created a new technology for isolating extracellular vesicles (EV) from biological fluids. Studying vesicles is essential for the diagnosis ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 30, 2022
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The agriculture industry is researching new technologies to help feed the growing population. But feeding the world without harming air quality is a challenge.
Other
Jul 1, 2013
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The discovery of unauthorized genetically engineered wheat growing on a farm in the US state of Oregon has cast a spotlight on agricultural biotechnology and the debate about its safety.
Biotechnology
Jun 4, 2013
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The world can only meet its future food needs through innovation, including the use of agricultural biotechnology, a Harvard development specialist said today.
Biotechnology
Jun 3, 2013
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Researchers from Murdoch University have developed an environmentally friendly 'gene silencing' method to control Root Lesion Nematodes, plant pathogens known to reduce crop yields in major crops such as wheat and barley ...
Ecology
Apr 30, 2013
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Food has been genetically modified on the farm for centuries. But now genes are swapped in labs, and the shift is fueling major changes in agriculture - and a political backlash.
Biotechnology
Nov 5, 2012
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Trust between partners is a fundamental requisite in agricultural biotech projects, according to Canadian researchers who today published insights from a four year study into what built or undermined trust in eight African ...
Other
Nov 1, 2012
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An increasing number of crops commercially grown today are genetically modified (GM) to resist insect pests and/or tolerate herbicides. Although Bt corn is one of the most commonly grown GM crops in the United States, little ...
Ecology
Apr 17, 2012
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A team of Australian scientists has bred salt tolerance into a variety of durum wheat that shows improved grain yield by 25% on salty soils.
Biotechnology
Mar 11, 2012
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