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Information Today June 4, 2015 |
GODAN and the Open Data Institute Promote Agricultural Open Data The GODAN (Global Open Data in Agriculture and Nutrition) initiative and the Open Data Institute released the "How Can We Improve Agriculture, Food and Nutrition With Open Data?" report. |
Chemistry World May 27, 2015 |
US targets neonicotinoid use in pollinator plan The White House has unveiled a strategy to promote the health of honey bees and other pollinators that aims to revisit neonicotinoid insecticide use. |
Chemistry World April 8, 2015 Elisabeth Bowley |
Salty soil set to hamper Bangladesh crop production Salinity changes are a serious threat to agricultural in coastal Bangladesh |
Chemistry World April 7, 2015 Ned Stafford |
Future of GM in Germany hangs in the balance The German government is considering a new law to ban genetic modified organism after the European parliament passed a law allowing EU states to restrict or ban the cultivation of EU-approved GM crops. |
Chemistry World March 24, 2015 Rebecca Trager |
Chemists in demand as cannabis industry experiences explosive growth The US's rapidly growing cannabis industry -- medical and recreational -- desperately needs chemists. That was the conclusion of a session at the American Chemical Society's spring conference. |
Chemistry World February 27, 2015 Maria Burke |
Traits not technology should govern EU GM laws, MPs say A UK government committee is calling for changes to EU rules on genetically modified crops. |
Chemistry World January 27, 2015 Jonathan Midgley |
Plant plaster protects wine from vine decline The new patch developed by Alexander Yarin, of the University of Illinois, contains a dense network of nanofibers and can be directly applied to the vine to physically prevent disease spores from entering a wound. |
Chemistry World January 15, 2015 Ned Stafford |
New EU law set to open door to GM crops After nearly five years of debate the European parliament has finally approved a new law that will allow EU nations to restrict or ban the cultivation of GM crops within their borders. |
Chemistry World December 10, 2014 Katrina Kramer |
Quick and cheap test to detect horse meat UK chemists have developed a method to distinguish horse meat from beef. |
Chemistry World November 25, 2014 Rebecca Trager |
US approves low acrylamide spud The US Department of Agriculture has approved the first genetically engineered potato variety designed to produce less of the suspected carcinogen acrylamide when cooked. |
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