Understanding natural crop defences
An international team of scientists has discovered how plants weigh the trade-offs of how to use limited resources and redirect their energies accordingly.
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Ingredient Driven Outbreaks: The Inside is Bigger than the Outside
The broad distribution of peanut butter and peanut paste shipped to food manufacturing companies from this single plant throughout the country has triggered the recall of nearly two hundred food products and exposed a critical factor supporting the continued emergency of food-borne outbreaks…
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Nanoscale rain dance
Scientists have discovered a novel one dimensional ice chain structure built from pentagons that may prove to be a step toward the development of new materials which can be used to seed clouds and cause rain.
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Protecting wine grapes from heat and drought
A study set out to learn more about foliar particle film’s effects on wine grapes when the grapes were grown under varying levels of water stress.
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Happy cows produce more milk
A recent study found that on farms where each cow was called by her name the overall milk yield was higher than on farms where the cattle were herded as a group. Scientist Live discussed Dr. Douglas’ findings with her.
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