Organic farming methods combine scientific knowledge and modern technology with traditional farming practices based on thousands of years of agriculture.
May 21, 2022 —How effective environmental measures in agriculture are for biodiversity and wild bee populations depends on various factors and your perspective. This is shown by agroecologists. The research team ...
Aug. 4, 2021 —Is organic farming the only alternative to conventional agriculture to promote biodiversity in agricultural landscapes? An international research team questions this. According to the authors, a ...
June 21, 2023 —A new farming system aims to solve one of the biggest problems in modern agriculture: the overuse of fertilizers to improve crop yields and the resulting chemical runoff that pollutes the ...
Nov. 4, 2020 —蚂蚁已经农民几十毫ons of years and successfully solved a riddle that we humans have yet to. A new study reports that ants are pros at cultivating climate-resilient ...
Feb. 24, 2022 —An experiment conducted on 10 farms across the U.S. suggests that crops from farms following soil-friendly practices for at least five years have a healthier nutritional profile than the same crops ...
Oct. 14, 2021 —Sustainable agriculture will not be achieved by one universal solution. A meta-analysis shows that the current focus on no-till farming does not achieve the desired results. A sustainable system of ...
July 11, 2022 —Pocket gophers are known for living solitary, underground lives, eating roots in North and Central American grasslands. Now, researchers have found that pocket gophers keep up with the high energy ...
Aug. 10, 2023 —Creating new technologically advanced sensors, scientists have engineered bacteria that detect the presence of tumor DNA in live organisms. Their innovation could pave the way to new biosensors capable of identifying various infections, cancers and ...
Aug. 10, 2023 —New research has successfully reversed hearing loss in mice. Scientists used a genetic approach to fix deafness in mice, restoring their hearing abilities in low and middle frequency ...
Aug. 8, 2023 —A remarkable new fossil from China reveals for the first time that a group of reptiles were already using whale-like filter feeding 250 million years ...
July 31, 2023 —Researchers have discovered that nuclear spin influences biological processes, challenging long-held beliefs. They found that certain isotopes behave differently in chiral environments, affecting oxygen dynamics and transport. This breakthrough ...
Aug. 11, 2023 —Scientists have constructed a comprehensive 'super-pangenome' for watermelon and its wild relatives, uncovering beneficial genes lost during ...
Aug. 11, 2023 —Using a novel method to detect microbial activity in biological soil crusts, or biocrusts, after they are wetted, a research team in a new study uncovered clues that will lead to a better ...
Aug. 11, 2023 —An international team of scientists has for the first time identified two new underground mammals that could have been living, undetected, in eastern Turkey for up to 3 million years. They say it is ...
Aug. 11, 2023 —With 350 million years of evolution culminating in almost two centuries of scientific discourse, a new hypothesis emerges. Researchers propose a new ...
Aug. 11, 2023 —Specific receptors in the ears of mosquitoes have been revealed to modulate their hearing, finds a new study. Scientists say, this discovery could help develop new insecticides and control the spread ...
Aug. 11, 2023 —Maize roots secrete certain chemicals that affect the quality of soil. In some fields, this effect increases yields of wheat planted subsequent to maize in the same soil by more than 4%. While the ...
Aug. 11, 2023 —An experimental malaria vaccine appears safe and promotes an immune response in African infants, one of the groups most vulnerable to severe malaria ...
Aug. 9, 2023 —Scientists have developed a novel way to model whether the populations of more than 500 bird species are increasing or decreasing. The method solves ...
Aug. 10, 2023 —An international research team details changes in DNA that researchers found are shared by humans and other mammals throughout history and are ...