Insights and Stories of Will Dunham

In one giant leap for Earth plants, seeds are grown in moon soil

May. 12, 2022 at 7:55 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — Scientists for the first time have grown seeds in soil from the moon — samples retrieved during NASA missions in 1969 and 1972 — in an achievement that heralds the promise of using earthly plants to support human outposts on other worlds. Researchers said on Thursday […]

Locust swarming pheromone identified in step toward curbing plagues

Aug. 12, 2020 at 4:21 pm CDT

By Will Dunham

U.S. regulators allow GM cotton as human food source

Oct. 11, 2019 at 10:02 pm CDT

By Will Dunham

World’s oldest bread found at prehistoric site in Jordan

Jul. 16, 2018 at 8:07 pm CDT

By Will Dunham

Scientists peel back carrot’s genetic secrets

May. 11, 2016 at 7:35 pm CDT

By Will Dunham

Wild bees seen dwindling in main U.S. crop regions

Dec. 21, 2015 at 7:37 pm CST

Washington | Reuters — Wild bees, crucial pollinators for many crops, are on the decline in some of the main agricultural regions of the U.S., according to scientists who produced the first national map of bee populations and identified numerous trouble spots. The researchers on Monday cited 139 counties as […]

By Will Dunham

Rising CO2 levels may cut nutrient levels in crops: study

May. 7, 2014 at 6:37 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — Rising levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere may cut the nutritional quality of some of the world’s most important food crops, researchers reported Wednesday after conducting experiments simulating conditions expected by mid-century. The amounts of two important nutrients, zinc and iron, were found to […]

By Will Dunham

Scientists make ethanol without corn or other crops

Apr. 10, 2014 at 1:56 am CDT

Washington | Reuters — Scientists said Wednesday they have developed a new way to make liquid ethanol efficiently without using corn or other crops needed in the conventional method for producing the biofuel. The scientists said their process turns carbon monoxide gas into liquid ethanol with the help of an […]

By Will Dunham

Insights and Stories of Will Dunham

In one giant leap for Earth plants, seeds are grown in moon soil

Locust swarming pheromone identified in step toward curbing plagues

U.S. regulators allow GM cotton as human food source

World’s oldest bread found at prehistoric site in Jordan

Scientists peel back carrot’s genetic secrets

Wild bees seen dwindling in main U.S. crop regions

Rising CO2 levels may cut nutrient levels in crops: study

Scientists make ethanol without corn or other crops

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