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Transgenic vs. Organic Agriculture: Coexistence Challenges

The cultivation of genetically modified maize has caused a drastic reduction in organic cultivations of this grain and is making their coexistence practically…

Business and Finance

Offshoring Services: Benefits and Risks Explained

That’s not surprising as it promises to lower the costs by 50 percent. But a successful offshoring of services is truly no surefire success. Backshoring of the…

Physics & Astronomy

Cluster Mission Reveals Earth’s Aurora Sounds for Science Insights

In reality, they are the sounds that accompany the aurora. Now ESA’s Cluster mission is showing scientists how to understand this emission and, in the future,…

Health & Medicine

New Food Inspection Tech Tackles Kitchen Mishaps

Finding a snail in a salad, a fish bone in a supposedly boneless fillet or opening a soup packet to reveal mouldy contents is an unpleasant – and potentially…

Information Technology

ESA satellite assesses damage of Norway’s largest fire

Extreme heat, dry conditions and strong winds quickly spread the fire in the cities of Mykland and Froland in the southern county of Aust-Agder, dampening…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Researchers Urge Shift to Solar Energy Using Electronics Innovation

Sean Nuzum and Tim Davey, who both studied for the MEng in Electronic Engineering at the University's School of Electronics and Computer Science (ECS), based…

Physics & Astronomy

SOHO Discovers 1500th Comet: A Milestone in Space Exploration

SOHO’s record-breaking discovery was made late on 25 June. When it comes to comet catching, the SOlar and Heliospheric Observatory has one big advantage over…

Information Technology

Enhancing Calibration Accuracy for Network Analysers

In order to calibrate the network analysers (which is necessary before each measurement is made), mechanical or electronic calibration kits are employed. The…

Health & Medicine

Self-Powered Knee Implants: A Breakthrough in Healing

As part of his final year project in his Masters degree in Electromechanical Engineering, which he studied at the University's School of Electronics and…

Health & Medicine

Almonds: Unlocking Prebiotic Benefits for Gut Health

Our digestive system maintains large population of bacteria that live in the colon. Prebiotics are non-digestible parts of foods that these bacteria can use to…

Life & Chemistry

Unraveling Deformed Wing Virus Impact on Bee Health

Deformed wing virus (DWV) is passed between adult bees and to their developing brood by a parasitic mite called Varroa destructor when it feeds. However,…

Life & Chemistry

New Pheromone Detection System Could Transform Insect Control

The finding, if it proves true in other species, might lead to new ways to manipulate the actions of harmful insects, the researchers said.They found that the…

Environmental Conservation

Global Warming Shifts Coastal Fish Communities Worldwide

According to Jeremy Collie, professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography, the fish community has shifted…

Business and Finance

Two-Phased Marketing Strategy for Successful Product Launches

Innovators take note: If you're about to launch a revolutionary new product, plan a two-phased marketing strategy that first emphasizes its benefits and…

Environmental Conservation

Oak Ridge Joins National Ecological Network Initiative

Walker Branch Watershed and other portions of the Department of Energy reservation will be part of the National Ecological Observatory Network, a multi-decade…

Environmental Conservation

Algae from the Ocean: A Sustainable Future Energy Source

K-State's Zhijian “Z.J.” Pei, associate professor of industrial and manufacturing systems engineering, and Wenqiao “Wayne” Yuan, assistant professor of…

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