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September 17, 2013

Cilantro, that favorite salsa ingredient, purifies drinking water
Indianapolis IN (SPX) Sep 18, 2013
Hints that a favorite ingredient in Mexican, Southeast Asian and other spicy cuisine may be an inexpensive new way of purifying drinking water are on the menu today at the 246th National Meeting and Exposition of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society. The meeting included almost 7,000 reports on new discoveries in science and other topics. Reporting on research done by undergraduate students at a community college, Douglas Schauer, Ph.D., said that cilantro - ... read more

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Sewage treatment removes widely used home and garden insecticides from wastewater Even though sewage treatment plants are not designed to remove tiny amounts of pesticides, they do an excellent job of dealing with the most widely used family of home and garden insecticides. ... more		Flame cultivation promising as weed control method for cranberry Cranberries are important agricultural commodities in states such as Massachusetts, Wisconsin, New Jersey, Washington, and Oregon. But cranberry-growing operations are challenged by weeds, which com ... more		New weapons on the way to battle wicked weeds A somber picture of the struggle against super-weeds has emerged as scientists described the relentless spread of herbicide-resistant menaces like pigweed and horseweed that shrug off powerful herbi ... more
				Study recommends strategies for improved management of fresh market spinach Throughout California's fertile central coast region, fresh spinach is a high-production, high-value crop. Spinach can be finicky, requiring sufficient nitrogen fertilizer and irrigation to ensure i ... more		Model of dangerous bee disease in Jersey provides tool in fight against honeybee infections Scientists at the University of Warwick have modelled an outbreak of the bee infection American foulbrood in Jersey, using a technique which could be applied to other honeybee diseases such as Europ ... more

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Wetlands more cost-effective in nutrient removal, but multiple payments would be of uncertain value Removing nitrogen from the environment "the natural way" by creating a wetland is a long-term, nutrient-removal solution, more cost effective than upgrading a wastewater treatment plant, but it isn' ... more		The real reason to worry about bees Honeybees should be on everyone's worry list, and not because of the risk of a nasty sting, an expert on the health of those beneficial insects said here today at the 246th National Meeting and Expo ... more		AALTO plans Zephyr stratospheric hub in northern Australia and seeks local payload partners Ancient guano drove Chincha coastal power UAH lands first DARPA award for biological sciences department		Brazil's soybean bonanza hampered by choking ports Brazil is set to overtake the United States as the world's largest soybean producer but its exporters face a potentially crippling bottleneck - congested ports. ... more
				Chinese demand fuels record soy crops in South America Soy fields stretch as far as the eye can see in South America's fertile plains, boosted by a jump in demand from China and Europe. ... more		Amazon deforestation due in part to soybean growing Fighting deforestation of the Amazon for cattle raising and farming is one of the great rallying cries of the world's conservationists. ... more

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Soy rules in Latin America as China, Europe beckon In row after neat row, lush green plants cover the fertile plains of Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay - soybeans destined for hungry markets in China and Europe. ... more		China's hunger for soya more animal than vegetable China is the biggest soya consumer in the world, but demand driven by the increasingly wealthy country's voracious appetite for meat and fish raised on the product, rather than tofu or soy sauce. ... more		Sidekick autonomy software guides YFQ-42A test mission for CCA program Infleqtion lists shares on NYSE as neutral atom quantum firm Top Chinese gaming companies continue to challenge		Science supporting abundant, nourishing food for a growing civilization The diets of people in North America shed almost 1.5 billion pounds of unhealthy saturated and trans fat over the last six years thanks to a new phase in an ongoing agricultural revolution.. I ... more
				Plants in space: A novel method for fixing plant tissue samples maximizes time, resources, and data At work on the International Space Station, researchers studying plant and cell growth in space encountered a challenge. Imaging revealed interesting spaceflight-associated root morphologies. They n ... more		MSU lands first drone Farmers can now get a birds-eye view �of their fields - in full HD - thanks to Michigan State University landing its first drone. MSU researchers are using its first unmanned aerial vehicle to help ... more

Astrium Services targeting geo information business growth

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Certification of aquaculture critical to sustainable seafood production

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S. Korea widens Japanese fish ban over contamination fears

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