by Iliyah | Nov 29, 2017 | Agricultural Science, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Life Sciences & Biology
Dr Martha Giraldo – Solving the Problem of Apio (Arracacia xanthorrhiza) Corm Rot Disease Essentially un-researched until now, corm rot disease has had detrimental effects on the Puerto Rican agricultural industry. Here, Dr Martha Giraldo and her research team...
by Iliyah | Nov 15, 2017 | Agricultural Science, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Life Sciences & Biology
Dr Dedrick D. Davis – Biochar and Soil Dynamics Renewable biofuels are a carbon-neutral alternative to fossil fuels, but they have their own complications. One problem is that growing and harvesting crops for biofuel depletes soil of valuable nutrients. To...
by Iliyah | Oct 24, 2017 | Life Sciences & Biology
Dr Cheryl Van Buskirk – Sandman and the Worm – Cellular Insights into the World of Sleep Why we sleep is a mystery. Dr Cheryl Van Buskirk of California State University Northridge is using the simple roundworm, C. elegans, to probe the cellular basis of sleep –...
by Iliyah | Sep 27, 2017 | Earth & Environmental Sciences, Life Sciences & Biology
Professor Timothy Schowalter – Bugs are Friends: Taking an Ecosystem View on Forest Health Humans commonly view insects as unwanted nuisances, and many modern land-management practices focus on reducing insect numbers using toxic pesticides and invasive...
by Iliyah | Sep 27, 2017 | Life Sciences & Biology
Dr Paul Slusarewicz – Fighting Endemic Parasites: New Technologies to Solve Old Challenges Intestinal worms are among the most common types of parasitic infections worldwide. Despite technological advances in other areas of medical diagnostics, the procedure for...
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