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Researchers Develop New Photoenzymatic Method to Produce Chiral Amines

Using energy from light to activate natural enzymes can help scientists create new-to-nature enzymatic reactions that support eco-friendly biomanufacturing -; the production of fuels, plastics, and valuable chemicals from plants or other biological systems.

1 Aug 2023

Bat Activity Falls as Farms Make the Transition to Organic Agriculture, Finds Study

Bat activity falls as farms make the transition to organic agriculture, new research shows.

21 Jul 2023

Unraveling the Link Between Environmental Toxins and Lymphoma in Dogs

Lymphoma is a common cancer in dogs, but unlike human studies, which have associated the disease with environmental toxins, little is known about how it originates in dogs.

2 Jun 2023

Failed Antibiotics Could Become Weed Killers in the Future

Weed killers of the future could soon be based on failed antibiotics.

25 May 2023

Effect of Glyphosate-Based Herbicide Residues on Endophytic Microbes

Researchers from the University of Turku in Finland conducted a field study in which they evaluated the effect of glyphosate residues in soil on the endophytic microbial communities of garden strawberries.

7 Apr 2023

Pesticide residues in water test kit for sustainable and safe agriculture

Farmers in Thailand still largely use chemical herbicides, especially paraquat and atrazine, to control weeds on their farms. According to research by the Office of Agricultural Economics, in 2019, Thailand imported almost 10 million kilograms of paraquat and close to 3.5 million kilograms of atrazine.

23 Mar 2023

Researchers modify the root structure of plants with synthetic genes

Crops need to be more adaptable than ever as extreme weather events like floods, droughts, and heat waves grow more frequently.

15 Aug 2022

Researchers develop sustainable solutions to trick pathogens’ chemical communication with plants

Harmful fungi cause enormous agricultural losses. Conventional techniques for combating them involve the use of poisonous fungicides.

19 Jul 2022

Discovery makes rodents the only mammal to show farming behavior other than humans

Although you'll probably never see them, you can spot them by the tell-tale mounds of sandy soil dotting a field: pocket gophers. Beneath your feet, the gophers continuously create and remold a labyrinth of winding tunnels hundreds of feet long.

12 Jul 2022

Improvements to weed management based on timing of emergence

Farmers can tailor their efforts to control weeds more effectively by pinpointing when a particular weed will emerge, according to a new Cornell University study.

11 Jul 2022

Unhealthy global diets are damaging human and planetary health

A global diet that increasingly includes ultra-processed foods is having a negative impact on the diversity of plant species available for human consumption while also damaging human and planetary health, according to a commentary published in the journal BMJ Global Health.

29 Mar 2022

Study provides insight into the mechanism of action of DNA topoisomerase VI at the molecular level

The enzyme DNA topoisomerase VI (topo VI) plays a vital role in eliminating chromosome tangles that arise in the cell nucleus of plants.

4 Feb 2022

Understanding the challenges posed by herbicide drift from genetically modified crops

In recent years, soybean fields and other crops and trees across the Midwest have been experiencing more damage from drift of herbicides, particularly those plants grown from seeds that have not been genetically modified to be herbicide-tolerant.

20 Dec 2021

Scientists receive $10 million grant to study the environmental benefits of perennial grasses

Iowa State University scientists are developing new approaches to cover crops that incorporate perennial groundcovers, a development that could break down barriers keeping farmers from adopting the cover cropping more widely.

11 Oct 2021

New research uncovers the secrets of healthy soil in greater detail

Soils, like people, can be healthy or unhealthy. We've recently learned how important the microbes inside our bodies are to human health. Likewise, soil health depends on a complex group of microbes. These bacteria and fungi recycle nutrients and prepare the soils to better support plants.

7 Oct 2021