Pecans are the only nut native to the U.S. grown on a commercial scale. These popular nuts are “alternate” or “biennial bearers”, a trait that leads to yearly…
Growing tomatoes is not always easy. In many parts of the world summers are too hot to grow tomatoes in greenhouses, even those with intricate cooling systems.In cooler climates where tomatoes are grown year-round in production greenhouses, yield fluctuations are still challenging for producers who need to fulfill orders and predict labor costs. Finding accurate methods for predicting greenhouse tomato yields is at the forefront of growers' concerns. …
Irish potato, one of the world's major food crops, is increasingly grown and processed for use in various products; consider the popularity of consumer…
A new study from the Acute Leukemia Working Party of the European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation reports that in Europe, socioeconomic factors have…
First explained by Joshua Childrey in 1661 as sunlight scattered in our direction by dust particles in the solar system, the source of that dust was long…
Loblolly pine bark is the primary component of nursery container substrates in the eastern United States, but a shortage of the widely used organic material is…
Searching for ways to improve the nutritional quality of leafy green vegetables, Lithuanian researchers have found success with new technology that features…
New England states such as Rhode Island, Maine, and New Hampshire tend to have the latest peak in seasonal flu, according to public health researchers at Tufts…
The new power supply unit with adjustable output voltage from 24 to 28 volts features a wide-range input from 340 to 550 V AC and supplies 20-ampere rated…
Richard Borgens and his colleagues from the Center for Paralysis Research at the Purdue School of Veterinary Medicine have a strong record of inventing…
Biogen Idec (NASDAQ: BIIB) and Elan Corporation, plc (NYSE: ELN) today announced results from a one-year, longitudinal health outcomes study (n=324) in which…
“People don’t know very much about the third kingdom on the planet,” said Steven L. Stephenson, research professor of biological sciences in the J. William…
Using essentially the same technology that permitted them to achieve 88 percent detection efficiency five years ago,** the team has enhanced its ability to…
Several proactive measures are used in the United States to keep poultry from going bad between the time it leaves the farm to when it reaches your grocery…
Each team of scientists took advantage of extensive Chandra observations of galaxy clusters, the largest objects in the Universe bound together by gravity. One…
Kansas State University researchers are discovering the challenges aging creates for drivers.To help improve traffic safety, K-State engineers identified the…
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