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The Data Speak: Stronger Pandemic Response Yields Better Economic Recovery

April 1, 2020
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Cambridge, MA — With much of the U.S. in shutdown mode to limit the spread of the COVID-19 disease, a debate has sprung up about when the country might “reopen” commerce, to limit economic fallout...

Researchers Discover a Novel Chemistry to Protect Our Crops from Fungal Disease

March 30, 2020
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Exeter, UK — Pathogenic fungi pose a huge and growing threat to global food security. Currently, we protect our crops against fungal disease by spraying them with anti-fungal chemistries,...

US Takes ‘Low Road’ to Growth with Adverse Impact on Wellbeing, Future Prosperity

December 18, 2019
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Burlington, VT — The U.S. economy may be expanding, but it’s taking the low road to growth that undermines wellbeing and may cause economic challenges in the future, according a new study published...

All Bitcoin Mining Should Be Environmentally Friendly, Says Study

December 11, 2019
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Ikoma, Japan — The rise in popularity of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin has the potential to change how we view money. At the same time, governments and societies are worried that the anonymity of...

How Does Political News Affect Moods? New Study in Young Doctors Shows Real-Time Effects

December 11, 2019
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Ann Arbor, MI — They work in a bubble of 80-hour work weeks, and 24-hour shifts. They’re caring for patients for the first time, while still learning the ropes of the medical profession. The...

New Gene Involved in Strawberry Fruiting Time is Identified

December 5, 2019
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Córdoba, Spain — Their great taste and their health benefits have made them one of the most popular fruits. The world market for strawberries, rich in antioxidants and vitamin C, was greater than 9...

Non-GM Produce Earns ‘Halo Effect’ Under New Labelling Laws

October 31, 2019
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Ithaca, NY — Consumers were more willing to buy unlabelled produce after being shown food tagged as “genetically modified” in a new Cornell University study that comes two months before...

Scientists Successfully Inoculate, Grow Crops in Salt-Damaged Soil

August 22, 2019
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London, UK — A group of researchers may have found a way to reverse falling crop yields caused by increasingly salty farmlands throughout the world. Led by Brent Nielsen, professor of microbiology...

Researchers Create First-Ever ‘Map’ of Global Labour Flow

August 5, 2019
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Bloomington, IN — A small team of researchers at Indiana University has created the first global map of labour flow in collaboration with the world’s largest professional social network, LinkedIn....

Food Quality Control Made Faster and Easier

August 1, 2019
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Munich, Germany — Scientists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Leibniz-Institute for Food Systems Biology have developed a new methodology for the simultaneous analysis of odourants...

Genetic Breakthrough in Cereal Crops Could Help Improve Yields Worldwide

July 11, 2019
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Clemson, SC — A team of Clemson University scientists has achieved a breakthrough in the genetics of senescence in cereal crops with the potential to dramatically impact the future of food security...

Lack of Crop Diversity and Increasing Dependence on Pollinators may Threaten Food Security

July 11, 2019
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College Park, MD — A multinational team of researchers has identified countries where agriculture’s increasing dependence on pollination, coupled with a lack of crop diversity, may threaten food...

Building Up Appetite for New Kind of Grub

July 1, 2019
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Leeds, UK — Edible insects could be a key ingredient to avoiding a global food crisis, according to a new report, but there are significant barriers to overcome before they are part of the mainstream. The...

Why Climate Change Means a Rethink of Coffee and Cocoa Production systems

June 20, 2019
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Rome, Italy — Global demand for coffee and cocoa is on the rise. Yet across the equatorial belt where these two crops are produced, the future is not looking bright. Climate change in the tropics is...

Stabilizing Nations’ Food Production Through Crop Diversity

June 20, 2019
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Minneapolis, MN — With increasing demand for food from the planet’s growing population and climate change threatening the stability of food systems across the world, University of Minnesota research...

Would You Eat Genetically Modified Food If You Understood the Science Behind It?

June 4, 2019
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Rochester, NY — Dr. Jonathon McPhetres, a newly minted PhD in psychology from the University of Rochester, admits he’s “personally amazed” what we can do with genes, specifically...

Edible Insects? Lab-Grown Meat? Real future Food is Lab-Grown Insect Meat

May 30, 2019
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Medford, MA — Livestock farming is destroying our planet. It is a major cause of land and water degradation, biodiversity loss, acid rain, coral reef degeneration, deforestation – and of course,...

New Mutations for Herbicide Resistance Rarer Than Expected, Study Finds

May 28, 2019
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Champaign, IL — After exposing more than 70 million grain amaranth seeds to a soil-based herbicide, researchers were not able to find a single herbicide-resistant mutant. Though preliminary, the findings...

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