News tagged with rice crops
New discovery could help feed millions (w/Video)
May 27, 2009 |
3.8 / 5 (16) |
31
When scientist Loretta Mayer set out to alleviate diseases associated with menopause, she didn't realize her work could lead to addressing world hunger and feeding hundreds of millions of people.
Research finds way to double rice crops in drought-stricken areas
Biology /
Nov 20, 2008 |
4.3 / 5 (4) |
0
University of Alberta research has yielded a way to double the output of rice crops in some of the world's poorest, most distressed areas.
Successful initial safety tests for genetically-modified rice that fights allergy
Jun 24, 2009 |
1.5 / 5 (4) |
1
In a first-of-its-kind advance toward the next generation of genetically modified foods -- intended to improve consumers’ health -- researchers in Japan are reporting that a new transgenic rice designed to ...
Climate change threatens rice production
Oct 16, 2009 |
1 / 5 (1) |
0
Once-in-a-lifetime floods in the Philippines, India's delayed monsoon, and extensive drought in Australia are taking their toll on this year's rice crops, demonstrating the vulnerability of rice to extreme weather.
Search results for rice crops
Scientists show that plants have measure of the shortest day
1hour ago |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- It is not only people who feel the effects of short winter days - new research by the University of Edinburgh and the University of Warwick has shed light on how plants calculate their own winter solstice. ...
Filipino troops try to keep volcano evacuees safe
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
13 hours ago |
not rated yet |
1
(AP) -- Police and soldiers donned Santa hats and red clown noses and belted out songs in crammed evacuation centers in hopes of keeping 47,000 displaced residents from sneaking back to their homes on the ...
Most of 47,000 Filipinos safe from raging volcano
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 22, 2009 |
4.7 / 5 (3) |
0
(AP) -- Almost all of the 47,000 residents living on the slopes of a rumbling volcano in the central Philippines have moved to emergency shelters, and lava and earthquakes Tuesday heralded what officials ...
Ski Runs Are Not Created Equal
Dec 21, 2009 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- Building a new ski run by bulldozing a mountainside rather than only cutting its shrubs and trees is far more damaging ecologically, yet might offer only a week's earlier start to the downhill season, says ...
New Vaccines May Help Thwart E. coli O157:H7
Dec 18, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- Immunizing calves with either of two forms of a vaccine newly developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists might reduce the spread of sometimes deadly Escherichia coli O157:H7 ...
Physicists see through the opaque with 'T-rays'
Dec 18, 2009 |
4.2 / 5 (11) |
0
"T-rays" may make X-rays obsolete as a means of detecting bombs on terrorists or illegal drugs on traffickers, among other uses, contends a Texas A&M physicist who is helping lay the theoretical groundwork to make the concept ...
Replicating Climate Change to Forecast its Effects
Dec 17, 2009 |
2.5 / 5 (4) |
2
(PhysOrg.com) -- Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are replicating the effects of climate change to see what the future holds for soybeans, wheat and the soils where they grow.
Science's breakthrough of the year: Uncovering 'Ardi'
Dec 17, 2009 |
2.3 / 5 (3) |
2
The research that brought to light the fossils of Ardipithecus ramidus, a hominid species that lived 4.4 million years ago in what is now Ethiopia, has topped Science's list of this year's most significant s ...
Scientists works to develop Christmas tree that doesn't shed needles
Dec 17, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
After chasing the perfect Christmas tree for three decades, Gary Chastagner could be getting close.
Japan mines toxic e-waste for precious materials
Dec 17, 2009 |
4.9 / 5 (7) |
0
Seeking to turn an environmental problem into an economic opportunity, high-tech companies in resource-poor Japan are mining mountains of toxic e-waste for precious materials.
List of search results for rice crops
