Growing global demand for sustainable agriculture is driving scientists to find smarter ways to handle livestock waste. A new ...

Hydrogels are key to sustainable agriculture, enhancing water retention and nutrient release, thus improving crop growth and ...

Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are a major source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, including methane (CH₄) and nitrous ...

Nitricity combusts nutrient-rich almond shells, then “brews” them in water, creating what it calls Ash Tea. Farmers dilute the tea and apply it to the soil.

A prominent investment advisor and businessman described the 2.5 billion USD urea fertilizer complex deal between Ethiopia and Dangote Industries Limited, forecasting economic transformation as the ...

A cartographer, a composer, a neurobiologist, and a novelist are among the recipients of this year’s “Genius Grants.” Each ...

Human skin cells may one day be used to create functional human eggs in a step toward helping women have their own genetic ...

In a proof-of-concept experiment, scientists demonstrated that you can create and fertilize human eggs in the lab using sperm ...

Rice, a staple for billions, is one of the most resource-hungry crops on the planet—but scientists may have found a way to change that. By applying nanoscale selenium directly to rice plants, ...

WASHINGTON — Oregon scientists used human skin cells to create fertilizable eggs, a step in the quest to develop lab-grown eggs or sperm to one day help people conceive.

Low nitrogen availability is the number one limitation to plant growth in most ecosystems. Plants in the bean family and other closely related families evolved a symbiotic relationship with bacteria ...