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Study describes evidence of world's oldest known granaries

Study describes evidence of world's oldest known granaries

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jun 22, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study coauthored by Ian Kuijt, associate professor of anthropology at the University of Notre Dame, describes recent excavations in Jordan that reveal evidence of the world's oldest ...





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Feedstock makes a difference in feeding distiller's grains

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 08, 2008 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

When it comes to using distiller’s grains in finishing rations of High Plains cattle, a Texas AgriLife Research scientist says the type of grain used makes all the difference.


New vegetarian food with several benefits

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 28, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (11) | comments 0

A new vegetarian food that boosts the uptake of iron and offers a good set of proteins. This could be the result of a doctoral dissertation by Charlotte Eklund-Jonsson at the Department of Food Science, Chalmers University ...


Cattle fed distiller's grains maintain flavor and tenderness of beef

Other Sciences / Other

created Oct 22, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

The availability and use of wet distiller's grains in beef finishing diets continues to increase as the ethanol industry expands, and some Texas AgriLife Research scientists are trying to determine if that will affect consumers' ...


Pore-free Ceramics Shine New Light on Lasers, Electronics and Biomedical Implants

Pore-free Ceramics Shine New Light on Lasers, Electronics and Biomedical Implants

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Feb 16, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (11) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- To most people, the word "ceramics," refers to opaque clay flower pots or translucent porcelain tea cups. But not all ceramics block or scatter light.


Practice of farming reaches back farther than thought

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Feb 20, 2007 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (15) | comments 0

Ancient people living in Panama were processing and eating domesticated species of plants like maize, manioc, and arrowroot at least as far back as 7,800 years ago – much earlier than previously thought – according to new ...


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Researchers 'look into' plant cells to increase ethanol yields

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created Apr 26, 2007 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (12) | comments 0

Tiny pores within plant cells may hold promise for green fuels. Researchers have discovered that particles from cornstalks undergo previously unknown structural changes when processed to produce ethanol, an ...


Researchers working on a way to make snack foods with extra fiber

Other Sciences / Other

created Jul 05, 2007 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Trying to get more fiber in your diet? Munching on cookies or tortillas probably doesn't come to mind. But a Kansas State University researcher is experimenting with ways to add fiber to the foods we love without changing ...


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Shredding corn silage could produce more ethanol at less cost

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created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Purdue University researcher has found a way to get more bang for fewer bucks when it comes to processing cellulosic material to make ethanol.


Hard Winter Wheat Varieties Released

Hard Winter Wheat Varieties Released

Biology / Other

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The first hard winter wheat varieties bred and developed for production in the eastern United States have been released by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS).


If corn is biofuels king, tropical maize may be emperor

Other Sciences / Other

created Oct 16, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

When University of Illinois crop scientist Fred Below began growing tropical maize, the form of corn grown in the tropics, he was looking for novel genes for the utilization of nitrogen fertilizer and was hoping to discover ...



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