Detecting trace amounts of multiple classes of antibiotics in foods
Widespread use of antibiotics in human healthcare and livestock husbandry has led to trace amounts...
Feral colonies provide clues for enhancing honey bee tolerance to pathogens
IMAGE: Feral honey bees gather at the entrance to their nest in an abandoned shed in...
A new archaeology for the Anthropocene era
IMAGE: Archaeological studies of low-density, agrarian-based cities such as ancient Angkor Wat in Cambodia are increasingly...
Bacteria can tell the time
IMAGE: Shining a light on internal clocks - the bacterium Bacillus subtilis view more Credit: Professor...
Groups of bacteria can work together to better protect crops and improve their growth
IMAGE: Scientist Susanna Harris in the lab. view more Credit: Noam Eckshtain-Levi, Susanna Leigh Harris, Reizo...
The puzzle of nonhost resistance: why do pathogens harm some plants but not others?
IMAGE: Ralph Panstruga & Matthew Moscou view more Credit: Ralph Panstruga & Matthew Moscou People have...
Discovery of chemical clue may lead to solving cacao’s black pod rot mystery
IMAGE: The researchers have created a streamlined sample-collection protocol that only requires a single leaf disc....
Temporal crop diversity stabilizes agricultural production
Securing food supplies around the globe is a major challenge facing humanity, especially in light...
New discovery by SMART allows early detection of shade avoidance syndrome in plants
IMAGE: Raman spectroscopy and the carotenoid Raman peak allows for early detection of Shade Avoidance Syndrome...
Sheep show the contamination by microplastics in the agricultural soils of Murcia
IMAGE: Sheeps during the study view more Credit: Nicolas Beriot (Diverfarming project) In recent times, the...