Argentinien ist einer der größten Sojaproduzenten der Welt, ein großer Teil wird im Nordwesten des Landes angebaut. Die Umwelt in der Provinz Salta wurde dadurch massiv verändert, Proteste gibt es dennoch nicht. Die Bevölkerung nimmt das weitgehend hin – warum, hat der Geograph Robert Hafner erforscht. (more…)
Expertise, resources found at Mizzou allow researchers to study pest-resistance in corn that could help sustain projected 9 billion global population
COLUMBIA, Mo. – According to estimates, the current global population is more than 7.4 billion people and is growing at a rate of 88 million people per year. Developing corn varieties that are resistant to pests is vital to sustain the estimated 9 billion global population by 2050. Now, researchers at the University of Missouri, using advanced nuclear methods, have determined the mechanisms corn plants use to combat the western corn rootworm, a major pest threatening the growth of the vital food source. Scientists believe that using the knowledge gained from these cutting-edge studies could help crop breeders in developing new resistant lines of corn and make significant strides toward solving global food shortages. (more…)
Earth’s earliest community of complex sea creatures lived in a warm, slimy, planetary petri dish that nurtured a broad array of exotic species. Yet we likely wouldn’t know about it at all, scientists say, if not for a quirk in the chemistry of ancient oceans. (more…)
Forscher untersuchen, wie Moose in Gegenden mit unwirtlichen Bedingungen überleben können
Den Einfluss des Klimawandels auf die Pflanzenwelt in der Antarktis verstehen: Der Rektor der Universität Freiburg, Prof. Dr. Hans-Jochen Schiewer, und der Präsident des Korea Polar Research Institute KOPRI/Südkorea, Dr. Ho-Il Yoon, haben ein Kooperationsabkommen für Moosforschung unterzeichnet. (more…)
Utah engineers develop process for electronic devices that stops wasteful power leakage
According to the National Resource Defense Council, Americans waste up to $19 billion annually in electricity costs due to “vampire appliances,” always-on digital devices in the home that suck power even when they are turned off. (more…)
ANN ARBOR — Dendrites, whiskers of lithium that grow inside batteries and can cause fires like those in the Samsung Galaxy Note 7, are the bane of next-generation lithium batteries. (more…)
In a step that brings silicon-based quantum computers closer to reality, researchers at Princeton University have built a device in which a single electron can pass its quantum information to a particle of light. The particle of light, or photon, can then act as a messenger to carry the information to other electrons, creating connections that form the circuits of a quantum computer. (more…)
An der Uni Innsbruck wird eine neue Technologie für die Analyse von Spurengasen entwickelt, die auf Terahertz-Spektroskopie basiert. Der Europäische Forschungsrat ERC unterstützt nun die Forscher um Roland Wester mit einem Proof of Concept Grant bei der Herstellung von Prototypen, parallel dazu werden Industriepartner gesucht. (more…)
