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Halving the food losses would feed an additional billion peopleAalto, Finland (SPX) Oct 11, 2012 More efficient use of the food production chain and a decrease in the amount of food losses will dramatically help maintaining the planet's natural resources and improve people's lives. Researchers in Aalto University have proved a valid estimation, for the first time, for how many people could be fed with reducing food losses. The world's population is an estimated seven billion people. An additional one billion can be fed from our current resources, if the food losses could be halved. This can b ... read more |
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 Scientists Use New Method to Help Reduce Piglet Mortality To help increase the survival of newborn piglets, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have developed a new method that predicts animals' mortality and nursing ability. Physiologis ... more | .. |
 Unusual genetic structure confers major disease resistance trait in soybean Scientists have identified three neighboring genes that make soybeans resistant to the most damaging disease of soybean. The genes exist side-by-side on a stretch of chromosome, but only give resist ... more | .. |
  Nigerian farmers sue Shell in Dutch case with global reach Nigerian farmers took their battle to make Shell clean up oil damage that destroyed their land to a Dutch court Thursday in a case that could set a precedent for global environmental responsibility. ... more | .. |
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 Putin Calms Russians Over Poor Harvest Russia will have enough food this year despite a poor grain harvest in Russia and across the world, President Vladimir Putin said late on Wednesday. "Even though the harvest will be lower than ... more | .. |
Nigerian farmers sue Shell in Dutch case with global reach Shell broke the law by not repairing leaks that destroyed the lands of Niger Delta farmers, a Dutch court heard Thursday in a case that could set a precedent for global environmental responsibility. ... more | .. |
 Unravelled mushroom genome offers many opportunities A consortium of 20 research groups, including Wageningen UR Plant Breeding, part of Wageningen UR, has mapped the entire genome of the button mushroom (Agaricus bisporus). This represents a ma ... more | .. |
  Boeing Releases Updated Geospatial Data Management Tool Boeing has updated its DataMaster geospatial data management software with improved map, terrain and full-motion video management so that defense and Intelligence Community customers can better prot ... more |
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  Brazil sets up special security force to protect Amazon Brazil said Wednesday it was setting up a special environmental security force to combat soaring illegal deforestation in the Amazon region. ... more | .. |
 River Thames invaded with foreign species Almost 100 freshwater species not native to the UK have invaded the River Thames catchment making it one of the most highly invaded freshwater systems in the world, according to scientists at Queen ... more | .. |
 Freezing water droplets form sharp ice peaks Researchers at the University of Twente, in the Netherlands, placed water droplets on a plate chilled to -20 degrees Celsius and captured images as a freezing front traveled up the droplet. Th ... more | .. |
 Contracts for Community Support Agriculture clarify expectations for producers and consumers University of Illinois professor of agricultural law A. Bryan Endres and his wife are both lawyers so, between the two of them, they've read a lot of legal documents, but when they became members of ... more |
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 New Commercial Imaging Spacecraft Progressing at Lockheed Martin as IKONOS Satellite Achieves 13 Years in Operations Lockheed Martin is making steady progress in a key test phase on GeoEye's next-generation, high-resolution imaging satellite, GeoEye-2, as IKONOS, the world's first commercial remote sensing spacecr ... more | .. |
 Significant wheat production potential in 8 African nations-climate, soil and economic data analysis In releasing the first ever comprehensive report on sub-Saharan Africa's economic and biological potential for producing wheat, scientists said [today] that the region's farmers may be growing only ... more | .. |
 Stanford researchers show oil palm plantations are clearing carbon-rich tropical forests in Borneo Expanding production of palm oil, a common ingredient in processed foods, soaps and personal care products, is driving rainforest destruction and massive carbon dioxide emissions, according to a new ... more | .. |
 Delaying harvest of fodder maize results in a higher starch concentration and lower methane emission Harvesting fodder maize at an increased stage of maturity improves the starch content of maize silage and the proportion of rumen by-pass starch without negative effects on silage preservation, feed ... 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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 Rearing Technique May Bolster Biocontrol Wasp's Commercial Prospects Two to three millimeters long, the parasitoid wasp Habrobracon hebetor is a top candidate for use in programs to biologically control Indianmeal moths and other stored-product pests. But despi ... more | .. |
First images from e2v imaging sensors on SPOT 6 Earth observation satellite Launched on the 9th September 2012, SPOT 6 is a high-resolution optical Earth observation satellite built by Astrium. Like its twin, SPOT 7, which is due to launch in 2014, SPOT 6 has a 60-km swath ... more | .. |
 Southern Hemisphere becoming drier A decline in April-May rainfall over south-east Australia is associated with a southward expansion of the subtropical dry-zone according to research published in Scientific Reports, a primary resear ... more | .. |
 Plants adapt their defenses to the local pest community Herbivorous insects, such as aphids, damage plants and can substantially reduce yields in agricultural settings; however, they can play a major role in maintaining genetic diversity. Ecologists Tobi ... more |
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 Why We Need Insects; Even "Pesky" Ones At first blush, many people would probably love to get rid of insects, such as pesky mosquitoes, ants and roaches. But a new study indicates that getting rid of insects could trigger some unwelcome ... more | .. |
 Non-native plants show a greater response than native wildflowers to climate change Warming temperatures in Ohio are a key driver behind changes in the state's landscape, and non-native plant species appear to be responding more strongly than native wildflowers to the changing clim ... more | .. |
 Essential oils as antigerminants could be solution for storage of potatoes One of the critical moments in the final quality of the potato occurs during its storage, as there exists the risk of sprouting or rotting due to pathogenic agents such as bacteria and fungi. ... more | .. |
 Tree Nut Research May Unexpectedly Lead to Medical Advances Prescription drugs that today help patients fight severe fungal infections might tomorrow be even more effective, thanks to unexpected findings from agriculture-based, food-safety-focused studies by ... 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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Food oil production environmental threat? Expanding oil palm plantations, providing a common processed food ingredient, are driving rainforest destruction and increasing emissions, U.S. researchers say. ... more | .. |
 The water flow of the Amazon River in a natural climate archive Oxygen isotopes in tree rings are an excellent archive of precipitation dynamics in the tropical Amazon region. The precise determination of the ratios of stable oxygen isotopes (18O/16O) proves to ... more | .. |
 Tree rings go with the flow of the Amazon Tree rings go with the flow of the Amazon University of Leeds-led research has used tree rings from eight cedar trees in Bolivia to unlock a 100-year history of rainfall across the Amazon basin, whi ... more | .. |
 SMOS has a better look at salinity Earth observation measurements shouldn't be taken with a pinch of salt. ESA is comparing readings of sea-surface salinity from drifting floats to confirm the SMOS water mission's measurements. ... more |
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African land grabs are 'out of control' The Oxfam charity has called on the World Bank to stop aiding foreign investors, including oil-rich Persian Gulf monarchies that can't grow their own food, buying up vast tracts of farmland in Africa and other developing regions. ... more | .. |
 Digital Map Products to Discuss the New Rules for Communicating with Residents Digital Map Products (DMP) is excited to announce that it will be participating as both an exhibitor and presenter at the International City/County Management Association's (ICMA) 98th Annual Confer ... more | .. |
 Study: Wetlands drove birth of cities Natural wetlands rather than irrigated fields are the fertile ground from which cities first emerged in Mesopotamia, a scientist doing research in Iraq says. ... more | .. |
 Honey bees fight back against Varroa The parasitic mite Varroa destructor is a major contributor to the recent mysterious death of honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Geno ... more |
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