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The Truth About Bottled Water That You're Not Supposed To Know

Finding an Eco-Friendly Dry Cleaner

How a handful of dry cleaners hawking "organic" and "eco-friendly" services stacked up.

8 Early Warning Signs of Canine Cancer that Dog Owners Can’t Ignore

Nobody wants to think about the "C-word," but unfortunately, cancer is the leading cause of natural…

Plastic Age: How it’s reshaping rocks, oceans and life

The ultimate fate of waste plastic is hazy – but we know future geologists will find traces of a fleeting era written in the stones. Welcome to the Plasticene

Why American Manufacturing Still Matters

"A manufacturing base that isn't driven by excellence and value is worthless." -Mike Petters, president and CEO, Huntington Ingalls Industries.

Can Coffee Become the World's First Sustainable Agricultural Product?

Conservation International sustainable coffee challenge Starbucks call to action make coffee first sustainable agricultural product in the world

EPA analysis finds chemical compound in new nonstick coatings also harmful

It was supposed to be safer than the older version, but long-term exposure appears to be dangerous even in minute amounts.

Did U.S. Government Agencies Intentionally Whitewash the Toxic Footprint of a Widely Used...

Two new analyses make clear the Environmental Protection Agtency and the Department of Defense have downplayed the public-health threat posed by chemicals used to develop Teflon and Scotchgard.

Novel Material Made of Living Cells Glows When Touching Certain Chemical Compounds |

Scientists at MIT have developed a unique material that contains living, genetically engineered cells that fluoresce in the presence of specific chemicals.

Titanium Dioxide: The Next Big Chemical Compound Driving Class Action Litigation?

A recent lawsuit alleges that Skittles consumers “are at heightened risk of a host of health effects” because Skittles uses titanium dioxide (TiO2). TiO2

How data scientists are uncovering chemical compounds hidden in patents

Scientists at the University of Melbourne and Elsevier are running a competition to develop models that can find chemical reactions in text

Research Identifies Easier Way To Predict How Chemical Compounds Will Interact

New research has revealed that simple, commercially available computer programs could be used to design next generation drug-delivery systems by predicting more easily how different chemical compounds interact<br>Led by Dr Jennifer Hiscock of the University of Kent, a team of researchers has identified a new more cost-effective way of predicting how compounds known as amphiphiles will interact with each other to impart specific physical properties…

A Farm Kid's Guide to Agriculture

Oh, the buddy seat, There’s no place you’d rather be. The experiences you’ve had, Sitting there with Mom and Dad, Isn’t something that everyone gets to see.

Does The Future Of Agriculture Lie In Biomass?

Biomass Energy Generation is the process where agricultural products are used directly to create electric power. This specific technology and process is critical in discussing the future abilities and resources for renewable mix in energy and power grids, and can contribute to the overall goal of moving toward entire dependence on renewable sources in rural areas relying on an agricultural basis for their economies

Wikifarmer uses its agricultural knowledge base to bring people to its marketplace

Wikifarmer is a source of knowledge with high-quality content to help farmers. It is also a B2B marketplace to buy and sell agricultural products.

Machine Learning: The Secret Sauce of Precision Agriculture for Fighting Crop Diseases

The advancement of machine learning applications for agriculture has come at the right time to offer a different approach comparatively to the traditional ways for disease detection. Photo credit: Pexels With the development of agricultural technologies, crop and plant diseases have been advancing as well, causing degradation of both quality and quantity of agricultural products. While methods for curing these diseases do exist, they are often…

Finding the Unexpected Wonder in More Than 22,000 International Standards

Which fashion brands are going toxic-free?

Agriculture - IDEAS

IDEAS offers a variety of professional opportunities in agriculture. Leverage your skills and help impact agricultural communities overseas!

How Gene Editing is Reshaping Agriculture

Though it hasn’t garnered the attention this revolution merits, a new technology is reshaping the oldest human enterprise: agriculture. With gene editing comes a new model of how crops are improved and produced, who produces the plants, and how they will be introduced to farmers and importantly how plant breeding can quickly respond to change …