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Scientists turn brewing waste into fresh yeast to make more beer

Aug 29, 2017 (UPI)

Researchers at Nanyang Technological University have found a way to turn brewing waste into nutrients for feeding yeast. That yeast can be used to brew -- you g...

France faces worst wine harvest since 1945

Aug 25, 2017 (AFP)

"At harvests everywhere, in places where we thought there would be a little less, there's a lot less," said Jerome Despey, the head of a governmental wine advis...

Wild sheep grazed in the Black Desert 14,500 years ago

Aug 23, 2017 (SPX)

According to the team of University of Copenhagen archaeologists, who led the excavations, the discovery is further evidence that the region often seen as a 'ma...

Can 'reading' leaves lead to more drought-tolerant crops

Aug 22, 2017 (SPX)

"Our study was based on observations that the more successful crops in areas typically affected by drought are usually protected by a thicker layer of leaf wax ...

Adding silicon to soil to strengthen plant defenses

Aug 21, 2017 (SPX)

The University of Delaware's Ivan Hiltpold and researchers from the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment at Western Sydney University in Australia are exami...

Ray of hope for more abundant wheat crops

Aug 21, 2017 (SPX)

The food chain relies on plants using sunlight to turn carbon dioxide from the air into food. This process, known as photosynthesis, is essential for plants to ...

Surprising two-way journey for apple on the Silk Road

Aug 21, 2017 (SPX)

Researchers at Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) have been working hard to excavate the mysteries of the apple's evolutionary history, and a new publication this w...

Sentinel-1 speeds up crop insurance payouts

Aug 21, 2017 (ESA)

The southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu is home to around 68 million people, of which almost a million are rice farmers. However, Tamil Nadu is facing the worst...

Harnessing rich satellite data to estimate crop yield

Aug 21, 2017 (SPX)

"In places where we may see just the color green in crops, electromagnetic imaging from satellites reveals much more information about what's actually happening...

'Inefficient' sailing fleet keeps oyster fishery alive

Aug 16, 2017 (SPX)

The "inherent inefficiency" of these methods is the "crucial feature" in preventing overfishing and ensuring the fishery's long-term survival, according to scie...

Efforts to reduce pollution from agriculture paying off slowly

Aug 16, 2017 (SPX)

The study found that that depending on the type of terrain, efforts to reduce algae-causing nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus from reaching water source...

Oceans possess vast, untapped potential for sustainable aquaculture

Aug 16, 2017 (SPX)

So finds a study led by scientists from UC Santa Barbara and including researchers from the Nature Conservancy, UCLA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad...

Climate change will cut crop yields: study

Aug 15, 2017 (AFP)

Experts analyzed previous research that used a variety of methods, from simulating how crops will react to temperature changes at the global and local scale, to...

By attacking queen bumblebee, pesticide threatens colony: study

Aug 14, 2017 (AFP)

Lab experiments used doses of thiamethoxam -- one of the controversial neonicotinoid family -- that corresponded to what a queen bee might encounter in the wild...

Can offshore fish farming feed a hungry world?

Aug 14, 2017 (AFP)

Suitable open-sea zones have the potential to yield 15 billion tonnes of fish every year, more than 100 times current worldwide seafood consumption, they report...

Experts point finger at Dutch oversight agency in egg scandal

Aug 12, 2017 (AFP)

Millions of eggs have been pulled from supermarket shelves across Europe and dozens of poultry farms have closed since it emerged on August 1 that eggs contamin...

Hong Kong, Switzerland, 15 EU states hit by egg scandal: EU

Aug 11, 2017 (AFP)

The European Commission said all had received eggs contaminated with the pesticide fipronil, adding that a meeting of EU ministers to discuss the scandal had be...

A new threat to pollination : the dark side of artificial light

Aug 09, 2017 (SPX)

Most plant species are dependent on the animal world - especially insects - for their reproduction. The decline of pollinating insects all over the world is sig...

Dutch egg probe widens to chicken meat tests

Aug 08, 2017 (AFP)

Scientists are looking for the presence of the insecticide fipronil, a substance potentially dangerous to humans, after supermarkets in Germany, the Netherlands...

Low to no risk from pesticide-tainted eggs: experts

Aug 08, 2017 (AFP)

It is also a prolific killer of bloodsucking red mites that can devastate poultry farms, but Europe prohibits its use on food-producing animals. Tests with lab ...