23.02.11

Scientists Mine Dormant Bacterial Genes For New Antibiotics

Streptomyces coelicolor, a soil-dwelling bacterium, has one of the best-understood genomes in its genus. Even so, a computational analysis of its genome has led researchers to a surprise: a new antibiotic compound. By tinkering with the bacteria, researchers at
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The Future of Wine: We Need New Breeds of Grape

When news broke last week that archaeologist had unearthed a 6,000-year-old winemaking operation in an Armenian cave, many took it as occasion to pat
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Vatican Praises Genetically Modified Crops, While U.S. Judge Orders Their Destruction

It's been a strange few days in the world of genetically modified food. For the first time, a judge has ordered the
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Genetically Engineered Plants Grow Ingredients For Making Green Plastic

In a new breakthrough, scientists from the Brookhaven National Laboratory and Dow AgroSciences have engineered a relative of cabbage to create the raw material for producing plastics. The
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In Twenty Years Chocolate Will Be A Rare Delicacy

Savor that leftover Halloween candy, because in the future, you won't be able to afford it. Chocolate consumption is increasing faster than cocoa production, according to the Cocoa Research Association, and that means prohibitively
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Office Rice Paddy Turns Tokyo Salarymen into Urban Farmers

Office workers in Japan are adding some rural relaxation, if you can call it that, to their usual workaday routines. In Tokyo's bustling business hub of Otemachi, a 1,000-square-foot indoor rice paddy
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A Prototype Greenhouse Demonstrates the Future of Farming on the Moon

A portable, collapsible greenhouse inspired in part by a crop-producing system at a South Pole research station could someday provide fresh vegetables and other foods in future manned lunar or Martian outposts. Working in conjunction with private industry, the University
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Russian Seed Bank, Saved During WWII, Fights to Save Land From Developers

During the siege of Leningrad, 12 scientists starved to death rather than eat the grains stored at Pavlosk Agricultural Station, the world's first seed bank. According to an AP
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A Prototype Greenhouse Demonstrates the Future of Farming on the Moon

A portable, collapsible greenhouse inspired in part by a crop-producing system at a South Pole research station could someday provide fresh vegetables and other foods in future manned lunar or Martian outposts. Working in conjunction with private industry, the University
Read more...


Russian Seed Bank, Saved During WWII, Fights to Save Land From Developers

During the siege of Leningrad, 12 scientists starved to death rather than eat the grains stored at Pavlosk Agricultural Station, the world's first seed bank. According to an AP
Read more...


Scientists Mine Dormant Bacterial Genes For New Antibiotics

Streptomyces coelicolor, a soil-dwelling bacterium, has one of the best-understood genomes in its genus. Even so, a computational analysis of its genome has led researchers to a surprise: a new antibiotic compound. By tinkering with the bacteria, researchers at
Read more...


Vatican Praises Genetically Modified Crops, While U.S. Judge Orders Their Destruction

It's been a strange few days in the world of genetically modified food. For the first time, a judge has ordered the
Read more...


Genetically Engineered Plants Grow Ingredients For Making Green Plastic

In a new breakthrough, scientists from the Brookhaven National Laboratory and Dow AgroSciences have engineered a relative of cabbage to create the raw material for producing plastics. The
Read more...


The Future of Wine: We Need New Breeds of Grape

When news broke last week that archaeologist had unearthed a 6,000-year-old winemaking operation in an Armenian cave, many took it as occasion to pat
Read more...


In Twenty Years Chocolate Will Be A Rare Delicacy

Savor that leftover Halloween candy, because in the future, you won't be able to afford it. Chocolate consumption is increasing faster than cocoa production, according to the Cocoa Research Association, and that means prohibitively
Read more...


Office Rice Paddy Turns Tokyo Salarymen into Urban Farmers

Office workers in Japan are adding some rural relaxation, if you can call it that, to their usual workaday routines. In Tokyo's bustling business hub of Otemachi, a 1,000-square-foot indoor rice paddy
Read more...


A Prototype Greenhouse Demonstrates the Future of Farming on the Moon

A portable, collapsible greenhouse inspired in part by a crop-producing system at a South Pole research station could someday provide fresh vegetables and other foods in future manned lunar or Martian outposts. Working in conjunction with private industry, the University
Read more...


Russian Seed Bank, Saved During WWII, Fights to Save Land From Developers

During the siege of Leningrad, 12 scientists starved to death rather than eat the grains stored at Pavlosk Agricultural Station, the world's first seed bank. According to an AP
Read more...


Genetically Engineered Plants Grow Ingredients For Making Green Plastic

In a new breakthrough, scientists from the Brookhaven National Laboratory and Dow AgroSciences have engineered a relative of cabbage to create the raw material for producing plastics. The
Read more...


In Twenty Years Chocolate Will Be A Rare Delicacy

Savor that leftover Halloween candy, because in the future, you won't be able to afford it. Chocolate consumption is increasing faster than cocoa production, according to the Cocoa Research Association, and that means prohibitively
Read more...


Office Rice Paddy Turns Tokyo Salarymen into Urban Farmers

Office workers in Japan are adding some rural relaxation, if you can call it that, to their usual workaday routines. In Tokyo's bustling business hub of Otemachi, a 1,000-square-foot indoor rice paddy
Read more...


Vatican Praises Genetically Modified Crops, While U.S. Judge Orders Their Destruction

It's been a strange few days in the world of genetically modified food. For the first time, a judge has ordered the
Read more...


The Future of Wine: We Need New Breeds of Grape

When news broke last week that archaeologist had unearthed a 6,000-year-old winemaking operation in an Armenian cave, many took it as occasion to pat
Read more...


Scientists Mine Dormant Bacterial Genes For New Antibiotics

Streptomyces coelicolor, a soil-dwelling bacterium, has one of the best-understood genomes in its genus. Even so, a computational analysis of its genome has led researchers to a surprise: a new antibiotic compound. By tinkering with the bacteria, researchers at
Read more...