Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have developed a new coating or film based on starch. The coating makes paper and other materials more biodegradable and water resistant.
The coating...
Plants and Animals
Various strains of cannabis plants have skunky, lemony, or earthy flavors. In an important step for the budding legal cannabis industry, UBC scientists have...
When the side effects of antiepileptic drug are intolerable and epilepsy becomes uncontrolled, people with epilepsy resort to using cannabis products.
In the...
Over recent years, many modern varieties of tomatoes have lost their original taste as selection for flavor has been over looked in favor of selection of...
The yield and quality of soybeans can be increased dramatically by using a method developed by Mechthild Tegeder, a Washington State University biologist. Her...
Hukawng Valley in Myanmar on the continent of Asia has one of the richest deposits of arthropods found in amber from the Cretaceous period, with 252 families...
A team of researchers from the Technion Israel Institute of Technology has developed a bio photo electro chemical (BPEC) cell that produces hydrogen and...
Tardigrades, also known as water bears, are microscopic animals capable of surviving in harsh environmental conditions. Takuma Hashimoto, a biologist at the...
In a fascinating study done by Attila Andics and his colleagues of Eötvös Loránd University, it has been revealed that dogs don’t only understand the...
It is well know that the top three staple foods in the world are rice, wheat, and maize. The fourth contender may however surprise you – it is the humble...
