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Helping pigs to digest phosphorusUrbana IL (SPX) Jul 18, 2012 Phosphorus is a vital nutrient for pig growth, but pigs do not always digest it well. Research conducted at the University of Illinois has determined how adding various levels of the enzyme phytase to the diet improves how pigs digest the phosphorus in four different feed ingredients. Improving phosphorus digestibility has positive implications for producers' bottom lines as well as for the environment. "The majority of the phosphorus in plant feed ingredients is bound in phytate," said U of I ani ... read more |
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 Glyphosate-resistant 'superweeds' may be less susceptible to diseases Scientists searching for clues to understand how superweeds obtain resistance to the popular herbicide glyphosate may have been missing a critical piece of information, a Purdue University study sho ... more | .. |
  Worst drought in 5 decades ravages US Weather forecasters see no end in sight to the worst US drought in five decades, a blistering heatwave that has wilted crops across America's crucial breadbasket and sent grain prices soaring. ... more | .. |
 Tiger kills plantation worker in Indonesia A Sumatran tiger attacked and killed a palm oil plantation worker in Indonesia, a conservation official said Tuesday, underlining the growing problem of human-animal conflicts. ... more | .. |
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 Poisons on public lands put wildlife at risk Rat poison used on illegal marijuana farms may be sickening and killing the fisher, a rare forest carnivore that makes its home in some of the most remote areas of California, according to a team of ... more | .. |
  Global warming harms lakes Global warming also affects lakes. Based on the example of Lake Zurich, researchers from the University of Zurich demonstrate that there is insufficient water turnover in the lake during the winter ... more | .. |
 Pioneering self-contained 'smart village' offers world model for rural poverty relief An innovative, high-tech "smart village" built in Malaysia provides a potential global template for addressing rural poverty in a sustainable environment, say international experts meeting in Califo ... more | .. |
 Scaled-back NBAF and NBAF as designed are options that could meet critical US lab needs It is "imperative" that the U.S. build a large-animal biocontainment laboratory to protect animal and public health, says a new report by the National Research Council. Two options that could meet l ... more |
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AALTO plans Zephyr stratospheric hub in northern Australia and seeks local payload partners
Ancient guano drove Chincha coastal power
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 Sake, soy sauce, and the taming of the microbes We all know that humans have domesticated plants and animals for our sustenance and enjoyment, but we've tamed various microbes as well. Now researchers reporting online in Current Biology, a Cell P ... more | .. |
 A shortcut to sustainable fisheries Up to now, methods to estimate the maximum sustainable yield (MSY) of fish stocks are very complex and, as a consequence, expensive. However, Dr Rainer Froese, biologist with GEOMAR | Helmholtz Cent ... more | .. |
US suffers worst drought in 56 years The United States is experiencing its widest-spread drought in 56 years, according to a release by the nation's meteorological agency Monday. ... more | .. |
 Iran drought part of 'soft war' by West: VP The drought in southern Iran is part of a "soft war" launched against the Islamic republic by the West, the Fars news agency quoted an Iranian vice president as saying on Monday. ... more |
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 European grain prices rise on global drought European grain market prices climbed on Monday as concern grew over harvests from the world's two biggest breadbaskets, the United States and the Black Sea Basin. ... more | .. |
 From aflatoxin to sake What do beer, dogs and cats, and corn all have in common? All of them are the end products of the process of domestication. Almost everybody knows that a number of different animals and plants have ... more | .. |
 Messy experiment cleans up physics mystery of cornstarch Most people buy cornstarch to make custard or gravy, but Scott Waitukaitis and Heinrich Jaeger have used it to solve a longstanding physics problem with a substance known to generations of Dr. Seuss ... more | .. |
 Tannins in sorghum and benefits focus of university, USDA study They might be called a blessing or a curse - tannins, which are present in certain sorghums, contain health-promoting antioxidant properties, but also provide a bitter taste and decreased protein di ... more |
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Sidekick autonomy software guides YFQ-42A test mission for CCA program
Infleqtion lists shares on NYSE as neutral atom quantum firm
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  Argentine downturn fails to cut inflation Argentina's economic slowdown is failing to cut inflation, as was widely expected, amid labor disquiet over policies left unchanged by President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. ... more | .. |
 Down on the cacao farm: Sloths thrive at chocolate's source Like many Neotropical fauna, sloths are running out of room to maneuver. As forests in South and Central America are cleared for agriculture and other human uses, populations of these arboreal leaf ... more | .. |
 School days rivalry leads to pocket sommelier Daniel Feder is out to trump a grade school buddy who hit it big with online travel service TripAdvisor. ... more | .. |
US wineries uncork Internet innovations From iPads in vineyards to virtual tastings on Twitter, the tradition-steeped US wine industry is increasingly turning to Internet Age innovations to improve vintages and profits. ... more |
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France sends emergency anti-locust aid France said this week it is mobilizing emergency efforts to stop locust swarms in Africa's Sahel from spreading farther into drought-stricken Niger and Mali. ... more | .. |
 Climate change means stressed cows may have less milk "Cows are happy in parts of Northern California and not in Florida" is a good way to sum up the findings of new research from the University of Washington, said Yoram Bauman, best known as the "stan ... more | .. |
 Sustainability of rice landscapes in South East Asia threatened During a meeting in Banaue, The Philippines, scientists from 21 research institutions from Germany, Vietnam, The Philippines, Thailand, UK, Bulgaria and Spain raised several concerns on the future o ... more | .. |
 Ancient domesticated remains are oldest in southern Africa Researchers have found evidence of the earliest known instance of domesticated caprines (sheep and goats) in southern Africa, dated to the end of the first millennium BC, providing new data to the o ... more |
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DAMPE space telescope finds universal spectral feature that narrows field on cosmic ray origins
ThinKom Develops Self-Funded Mobile HPM Weapon to Counter Drone Swarms
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  IGARSS 2012 - 'Remote Sensing for a Dynamic Earth' One of the most important conferences on geoscience and remote sensing will take place at the International Congress Centre in Munich from 22 to 27 July 2012. The International Geoscience and Remote ... more | .. |
 New eyes in the sky Until now, scientists who study air pollution using satellite imagery have been limited by weather. Clouds, in particular, provide much less information than a sunny day. University of Iowa scientis ... more | .. |
 Northeast Brazil reels from worst drought in 30 years The worst drought to hit Brazil's impoverished northeast in 30 years is wreaking havoc among thousands of local farmers, including small producers like Jose Holanda de Moraes who have lost entire harvests. ... more | .. |
 Study serves up healthy choice of rice Rice consumers concerned about reports that rice is linked to diabetes can rest assured that rice can be part of a healthy diet, with scientists finding that the glycemic index (GI) of rice varies a ... more |
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 South African farmer equips sheep with cell phones A South African farmer is fielding phone calls from his sheep, after equipping them with cell phones to keep tabs on the flock amid recent livestock thefts, according to local press Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Bolivia mine in crisis after protest death Bolivia's mining industry is in crisis after the death of a protester and government moves to salvage the situation by considering seizure of a Canadian silver mine at the center of controversy. ... more | .. |
 Images in an Instant: Suomi NPP Begins Direct Broadcast Real-time data that will be used in everything from weather forecasts to disaster response is now being beamed down to Earth from a cone-shaped appendage aboard the nation's newest Earth-observing s ... more | .. |
 MSG-3 set to ensure quality of Europe's weather service from geostationary orbit The latest weather satellite in Europe's highly successful Meteosat second-generation series is on its way after lifting off on an Ariane 5 at 21:36 GMT (23:36 CEST) on Thursday, 5 July from Europe' ... more |
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