Agriculture
The research team took a close look at a 2012-2013 drought and flood cycle that affected much of the Midwestern U.S., leading to a nitrogen spike in surface water
Masdar Institute’s novel three-in-one treatment method removes over 90 percent of zinc and 60 percent of copper from biosolids, creating a high-value fertilizer for UAE’s soils and agriculture industry
Advancements made possible by National Science Foundation funding and MU interdisciplinary teams
The mustard plant is similar to oilseed rape in many ways
Lima beans are Delaware’s most widely planted vegetable crop with approximately 14,000 acres of green baby limas for processing planted in the state each year
The study measured how much work dairy cows will do to access pasture, by pushing on a weighted gate
In the first study of functional immunity to Campylobacter jejuni in the chicken, researchers have shown that antibody production plays a role, albeit limited, in the clearance of intestinal infection
Although agricultural improvements have boosted food production in the past 50 years, drought and salinization threaten more than half of the planet’s arable land
Scientists found that a common antibiotic cleared out beneficial gut bacteria in the bees, making way for a harmful pathogen, which also occurs in humans, to get a foothold
