Greenhouse solar drying systems to improve agricultural products’ quality
Reading Time: 2 minutesBY ASMAHANIM AMIRTANJUNG MALIM: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) has introduced ecofriendly greenhouse dryers system in some states in Malaysia in the effort of ensuring the dried food product cleaner and safer, the in some states in Malaysia. The system was originated from observation of the drying process of agricultural products and seafood are carried out […]
How climate change affects crops in India
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIN a paper published in Environmental Research Letters, Kyle Davis environmental data scientist found that the yields from grains suchas millet, sorghum, and maize are more resilient to extreme weather;their yields vary significantly less due to year-to-year changes in climate and generally experience smaller declines during droughts. But yields from rice, India’s main crop, experience […]
Life in Antarctica’s ice mirrors human disease
Reading Time: 2 minutesTHE cooling of the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica, which began approximately 35 million years ago and gave rise to its present icy state, has for decades been considered a classic example of climate change triggering rapid adaptation. Using tens of thousands of genes mapped from across the genomes of a group of Antarctic fishes called […]
Russia aims to develop 30 gene-edited plant and animal varieties
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA 111-billion-rouble (US$1.7-billion) Russian federal programme aims to create 10 new varieties of gene-edited crops and animals by 2020 — and another 20 by 2027. The programme, which was announced in April, has also attracted interest because it suggests that some gene-edited products will now be exempt from a law passed in 2016 that prohibits […]
Battling antibiotic resistant bacteria
Reading Time: < 1 minuteNEW research from Cornell University offers a new pathway for targeting pathogens in the fight against antibiotic resistant bacteria. As antibiotic resistance rises, the search for new antibiotic strategies has become imperative. Researchers used the Cornell High Energy Synchotron Source (CHESS) to reveal an unexpected mechanism of activation and inactivation in the protein ribonucleotide reductase […]