Agriculture

  1. Agriculture

    How weed killers might protect our eyes: It’s corny

    Herbicides can boost trace-nutrient concentrations in sweet corn.

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  2. Agriculture

    Pesticide may seed American infant formulas with melamine

    An insecticide may underlie traces of melamine, a toxic constituent of plastics and other materials, now being found in infant formulas.

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  3. Climate

    Cultivation changed monsoon in Asia

    The loss of forests in India, China during the 1700s led to a decline in monsoon precipitation.

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  4. Earth

    Federal budget’s new ‘black book’

    The administration details a proposed $17 billion in budget savings in a new book.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    Science budgets look rosy, AAAS finds

    The president and Congress have collaborated in targeting substantial increases for federal investments in R&D this year.

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  6. Plants

    Landscaper’s darling hybridizes into an environmental nuisance

    Variation underlies the Callery pear tree’s transformation .

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  7. Agriculture

    News from Experimental Biology

    Senior editor Janet Raloff blogs from the 2009 meeting gathering dozens of societies together in New Orleans

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  8. Climate

    EPA says greenhouse gases ‘endanger’ health

    Featured blog: New ruling is a likely first step toward federal moves to cut tailpipe emissions of carbon dioxide and more.

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  9. Agriculture

    Fighting fungal weapons, not fungi

    Scientists have engineered several compounds that target an enzyme that blackleg and black spot fungi use to thwart plant defense systems. The selective compounds are designed not to harm beneficial species while still protecting valuable crops.

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  10. Tech

    Whiz Kids: The Movie

    New independent film showcases the arduous path by which extraodinary high school researchers reach the Science Talent Search competition in Washington, D.C.

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  11. Agriculture

    Gut bacteria ally with Bt

    A new study finds that a particular microbe makes caterpillars susceptible to the insecticide.

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  12. Agriculture

    Where do you eat?

    Here's proof that we spend too much time mindlessly consuming food.

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