Manchester researchers use AI and satellite imagery to map irrigation in Ghana. Their findings will guide technologies and services to strengthen water resilience, boost food security and improve livelihoods for smallholder ...
Agriculture
Sep 22, 2025
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A new study has found that independent palm oil farmers in Indonesia are being unintentionally left out of supply chains that lead to sustainably certified mills.
Agriculture
Sep 11, 2025
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Resilience is a term often discussed in the face of a natural disaster such as a major earthquake, but the attributes of resilience and how they interact are rarely analyzed, researchers say in a new study published in the ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 8, 2025
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Africa has an enormous ocean area at its disposal. There are almost 20 million square kilometers of ocean, seas and inland water that could be developed into environmentally sustainable blue economies. The G20 group of 19 ...
Environment
Aug 27, 2025
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A palm-sized device developed by researchers at the University of Waterloo could help save lives and reduce illness by rapidly and inexpensively detecting toxic bacteria in water supplies.
Biotechnology
Aug 19, 2025
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Researchers have controlled the evolution of E. coli bacteria in the lab in order to dramatically increase the amount of plasmid DNA (pDNA) these modified bacteria produce. The advance is significant because pDNA is an essential—and ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 13, 2025
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Are professional economists truly objective when forecasting economic projections? New research from Wake Forest University suggests otherwise, revealing a subtle yet powerful influence of political affiliation on predictions ...
Economics & Business
Aug 5, 2025
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Economic uncertainty, a shrinking workforce and retirees who live longer have strained public pensions in the United States. Many of the approximately 5,000 state and local plans are in jeopardy, with unfunded obligations ...
Economics & Business
Jul 24, 2025
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The climate science community has long known about super pollutants. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has reported on their warming potential for years. But only recently has momentum built around the ...
Environment
Jun 27, 2025
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Large cuts to government-funded research and development can endanger American innovation—and the vital productivity gains it supports.
Economics & Business
Jun 12, 2025
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