Agriculture

27 articles with this tag

How Pharmaceuticals Get Into Crops Via Wastewater Science

How Pharmaceuticals Get Into Crops Via Wastewater

As water scarcity pushes farmers worldwide to irrigate with treated wastewater, research reveals that crops absorb trace pharmaceuticals—and where exa...

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How Sustainable Aviation Fuel Works—and Why It Matters Science

How Sustainable Aviation Fuel Works—and Why It Matters

Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is a drop-in replacement for fossil jet fuel made from waste oils, crops, and other renewable feedstocks. It can cut l...

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Duslo Šaľa Curtails Ammonia Production Due to Record Gas Prices Economy

Duslo Šaľa Curtails Ammonia Production Due to Record Gas Prices

Slovak fertilizer producer Duslo Šaľa has reduced ammonia production to a technical minimum due to record natural gas prices, which have soared follow...

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How Agricultural Robots Work—and Why They Matter Technology

How Agricultural Robots Work—and Why They Matter

From laser weeders to AI-powered strawberry pickers, agricultural robots are racing to replace the millions of farm workers the world is running short...

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What Is Chlorpyrifos and How It Triggers Parkinson's Health

What Is Chlorpyrifos and How It Triggers Parkinson's

Chlorpyrifos, a pesticide still used on food crops worldwide, has been linked to more than double the risk of Parkinson's disease. New research reveal...

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What Is El Niño and How Does It Affect the World? Science

What Is El Niño and How Does It Affect the World?

El Niño is a periodic warming of the tropical Pacific Ocean that disrupts weather patterns across the globe, triggering droughts, floods, and economic...

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Duslo Šaľa Halts Ammonia Production as Gas Prices Soar Economy

Duslo Šaľa Halts Ammonia Production as Gas Prices Soar

Duslo Šaľa, Slovakia's largest producer of nitrogen fertilizers, has curtailed ammonia production to a technical minimum following a sharp rise in nat...

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How Meatpacking Plants Work—and Why They're So Dangerous Economy

How Meatpacking Plants Work—and Why They're So Dangerous

Modern meatpacking plants process hundreds of animals per hour using high-speed disassembly lines—but the relentless pace comes at a steep cost to wor...

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Slovakia Becomes Third EU Country Hit by Foot-and-Mouth Outbreak Health

Slovakia Becomes Third EU Country Hit by Foot-and-Mouth Outbreak

In March 2025, Slovakia became the third European Union country to be affected by an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. The serotype O virus, related...

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How Pesticide Residues Get Into Your Body—and What to Do Health

How Pesticide Residues Get Into Your Body—and What to Do

Trace chemicals left on fruit and vegetables after farming enter your bloodstream every time you eat—here is how residues form, what risks they carry...

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What Is Rubisco and Why Scientists Want to Fix It Science

What Is Rubisco and Why Scientists Want to Fix It

Rubisco is the most abundant protein on Earth and the engine of all plant life—yet it is surprisingly inefficient. Understanding why scientists are ra...

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How Scientists Plan to Grow Food on the Moon Science

How Scientists Plan to Grow Food on the Moon

As humanity prepares to return to the Moon for extended stays, scientists are racing to solve one of the hardest problems in space exploration: how to...

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