Antibiotics in the environment
...t sub-therapeutic feeding of antibiotics in animal agriculture is increasing microbial resistance in the environment. As it appears very small amounts of antibiotics move in solution form and thus this new measuring method is highly useful in quantifying these trace amount of antibiotics in aquatic environment. ...Rwanda's primate-rich forests now a national park
...ivities such as wood cutting, hunting, small-scale agriculture and mining for gold within the reserve. In 1984, WCS conservationists Drs. Amy Vedder and Bill Weber, both of whom worked on the ecology and conservation of Rwanda's world-famous mountain gorillas in Parc National des Volcans, began working in Nyungw...Bioprocesses upstage traditional chemical processes
...vel gene delivery technology that could be used in agriculture and medicine are also providing additional impetus for biotech adoption. One of the first applications is likely to be engineered soybean varieties that are capable of superior disease resistance and reduction of saturated fat content."Innovation is ...Power plants, other industry could offer contracts to farmers in helping reduce carbon emissions
... into the soil in the form of carbon, land used by agriculture could play an important role in carbon sequestration. Land management practices, such as tree production, the planting of grasses on rangeland, and conservation tillage, are a few methods that would help reduce levels of carbon dioxide. "Plants can...ESA calls for interdisciplinary studies of GEOs
...enefits from certain GEOs include more sustainable agriculture and better environmental management. For example, some GE crops can be grown with fewer pesticides and less soil erosion, while future GE trees might provide cleaner methods of paper milling. Future applications of genetic engineering extend far be...World's first databank for all living systems
...hroughout the world. "Future advances in medicine, agriculture and environmental sciences will critically depend on the Library of Life," he says. Tanksley says that collecting, cataloging and connecting data "will evolve into the new basis for creativity and discoveries about the origins, mechanisms and interco...University of Pittsburgh Medical Center acquires biotechnology firm Rheogene Inc.
...scovery, gene therapy, biotherapeutics production, agriculture and biosensors. RheoGene's RheoPlex technology consists of multiple molecular switches that independently regulate spatial and temporal expression of more than one gene at a time in the same cell, or in different cell types in the same organism. This...K-State professor to give paper on potential impact of ag bioterrorism
...cal considerations, plant criteria with respect to agriculture and natural plant systems. Within each region is a diagnostic center that serves as the hub for that region and is tied into a laboratory in each state assigned to that region. Kansas is assigned to the Great Plains region and K-State was selected as...University of Minnesota professors to speak at symposium on international trade
...f Agriculture, and as the World Bank's director of agriculture and rural development....... bestlands for growing food. "Urbanization follows agriculture -- it's a natural andimportant human process," said Imhoff.Throughout history,highly productive agricultural land brought food, wealth andtrade to an area, all of which fostered settlements. "Urbanization is not a bad thing. It's a very useful way fo...A joint effort against the Oriental boil
...that the destruction of natural ecosystems through agriculture and the construction of new settlements promotes the spread of leishmaniasis. Irrigation measures lead to more luxuriant vegetation which in turn results in increased numbers of hosts and vectors. The geopolitical situation in the crisis region of th...Keeping populations of cerulean warbler healthy
...ited States, much of this habitat has been lost to agriculture or development. In its winter range in South America, forests are also being lost to agriculture. Hamel summarizes what is currently known about the biology of the cerulean warbler and the research questions that remain to be answered. "Cerulean war...Pew report finds GM insects may offer benefits, but clear regulatory oversight is lacking
...ey raise regarding the environment, public health, agriculture and food safety." Scientists are currently working to genetically modify insects to address important economic and human health concerns. If successful, GM insects could dramatically improve public health and enhance agricultural production. Exa...Sediment samples suggest how plants would fare in hotter, drier future
...3 plants, Nelson said. Barren areas unsuitable for agriculture may be much more extensive in the Midwest under warmer, drier conditions predicted for the future, he said. "Previous studies of past grassland change have been hampered by the fact that pollen grains of grasses cannot be separated into species, mak...... in cross-border livestock disease and sustainable agriculture at New Englands only veterinary school.Most people don't know that veterinarians in Iraq work for the government. So if the government is unstable, the veterinary infrastructure is gone. This greatly increases chances of spreading infectious disease ...Third set of awards are announced under interagency biodiversity program
...ade and Tourism, the Kingdom of Tonga Ministry of agriculture and Forestry, University of California, Santa Cruz, Beth Israel (NY) Integrative Medicine Clinic, the AIDS ReSearch Alliance, Phenomenome Discoveries Inc, Anti-CancerInc. and Diversa Inc to explore plants, marine and micro organisms and develop sust...Tools from the Human Genome Project reveal a versatile microbe
...fix nitrogen, and the process is very important in agriculture as it replenishes the soil's ammonia, which improv...is to make large amounts of hydrogen. "From an agriculture point of view, the production of hydrogen has been viewed as a bad thing, because the bacteria waste...Study finds that fungus farming by snails causes marsh grasses to wither
...ration in the marine environment." This method of agriculture called "fungiculture" was thought to occur only in three distinct insect lineages, including certain ants, termites and beetles. The development of fungus-growing behavior has enabled these insects to rise to major ecological importance in land com...Even more 'couch potatoes' in Brazil than in the United Statesbut theyre starting to move
...ho are physically active in their jobs, such as in agriculture and construction, would reduce the apparent level of inactivity among adults in Brazil. While much research has been done on physical activity in developed nations, this study from Brazil is one of the few broad-based investigations of leisure-time ......the Industrial Revolution, the spread of intensive agriculture and the fragmentation and elimination of forests, is what could be an even faster series of extinctions, measured only in a couple of centuries, in which an awful lot of the world's flora and fauna are lost. All of these species potentially are of us...