Microbiology

New Bacteria Optimization Could Boost Nitrogen-Fixing In Corn

Soybeans greatly benefit from nitrogen-fixing bacteria, which reduces the need for fertilizer, and a new study shows that gene-edited bacteria can supply the equivalent of 35 pounds of nitrogen from the air during early corn growth as well.  Agricultural s ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 20 2025 - 2:29pm

Vaccinate Plants Against Insects And Disease

Science is always looking for new ways to protect plants and the environment. In Hawaii, for example, when their staple papaya was under attack by aphids that transferred the "papaya ringspot virus" to plants, legacy breeding and pesticides did n ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 24 2025 - 5:00am

H5N1: Raw Milk And Raw Pet Food Are Unsafe But Raw Cheese Aged 60 Days Is 87% Not Killing You

The only real way to wipe out H5N1, the bird flu that has been ruining egg prices since last year, is to kill off all the wild birds. That is not practical but what we can do is stop buying raw pet food. All of it. Now. And never start again. You will kill ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Mar 14 2025 - 2:15pm