Research and Discoveries

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (305+ words) KU News $1.9M grant will support KU research on boosting drought tolerance in crops LAWRENCE — A new National Science Foundation grant will bring $1.9 million to KU to test specific types of microscopic soil fungi for their potential to build drought tolerance…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1003+ words) Crude futures held in the lower $100 bbl territory while distillate and gasoline prices marched higher for the week. The cost of fuel was on the minds of DTN's View From the Cab farmers this week as they prepare for fall…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (320+ words) SOLON, Ohio — Locus Agriculture is expanding the use of Unpac®, its glycolipid-based soil conditioner, across row and specialty crop production systems where soil compaction and restricted water movement can limit root development and crop performance. Soil compaction is a widespread…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (136+ words) Porterville Recorder Another seed gathering will be held at the UC Merced SCICON Field Station from 9 a.m Saturday, October 3.Participants will meet at the Circle J-Norris Ranch to learn about field trip offerings and nature journaling techniques for different age…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (156+ words) Kevin Karl and Jon Tester (Food Security Leadership Council) Kevin Karl is a senior researcher with the Food Security Leadership Council. He is based at Columbia University’s Center for Climate Systems Research, which is co-located at NASA’s Goddard Institute for…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (398+ words) North Carolina life sciences didn’t write one big check this week, it wrote a lot of smaller ones instead. Across financial, clinical, and workforce headlines, the same instinct kept surfacing: prove it first, spread the risk, and don’t fully commit…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (395+ words) There are fungal communities living beneath our feet, supporting plant productivity by acquiring nutrients and water in the soil. We know very little about how they function in high country stations, but Lincoln University student Nicole Parnell is attempting to…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1160+ words) A five-year dairy study reveals how producing more milk can shrink its carbon footprint – and why the way emissions are counted matters. Milk is part of everyday life for millions of people, but producing it also creates greenhouse gases. That…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (209+ words) Molecular Biology is the field of biology that studies the composition, structure and interactions of cellular molecules – such as nucleic acids and proteins – that carry out the biological processes essential for the cell’s functions and maintenance. Microproteins, small proteins…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (257+ words) September 18, 2026 By Jared White Filed Under: Biologicals, Crops, News, Soil Health The vice president of agronomy with Sound Agriculture says taking steps to boost soil biology is key to maximizing nitrogen efficiency in corn. Jeff Divan tells Brownfield, “Fertilizer applied…...