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Novin AgriTech receives USDA grant to develop novel traits for wheat, accelerate trait integration

Purdue University
Grant and Award Announcement

An eight-month, $174,906 SBIR Phase I grant from the USDA will support the development of Novin AgriTech's core platform to develop the nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) trait and introduce it into elite wheat cultivars.

Funder: U.S. Department of Agriculture

How higher temperatures can benefit (or devastate) bumble bee populations

North Carolina State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New research finds higher temperatures can actually benefit some bumble bee species – particularly those that make subterranean nests. However, periods of extreme heat appear to offset those benefits, and may contribute to declining bumble bee populations in the southeastern United States.

Journal: Journal of Animal Ecology
Funder: National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station

Turning poultry waste into smarter soil: How biochar production conditions shape radish growth

Maximum Academic Press
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research team has shown that poultry litter biochar can improve radish growth when it is produced under carefully controlled conditions and applied at the right dose.

How tetracycline molecules shape their own capture on biochar

Maximum Academic Press
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research team has uncovered why some tetracycline antibiotics are trapped by biochar faster and more effectively than others: the difference lies in their molecular structure.

From e-waste to energy storage: Recycled phone batteries and lignin power a high-performance sodium-ion anode

Maximum Academic Press
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research team has developed a sodium-ion battery anode material by co-recycling spent mobile phone batteries and industrial lignin, turning two problematic waste streams into a functional composite with strong sodium storage performance.

Turning Camellia shell waste into a dual nutrient trap for wastewater cleanup

Maximum Academic Press
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research team has developed a calcium hydroxide-modified biochar made from discarded Camellia oleifera shells that can simultaneously capture ammonium and phosphate from water, two major drivers of eutrophication.

Turning orange waste into a fast, reusable dye trap for wastewater

Maximum Academic Press
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research team has developed a hierarchical porous biochar from orange peel waste using a dual Fe/Zn activation strategy, creating a low-cost adsorbent that removes methylene blue from water quickly and efficiently.

Internal-heating pyrolyzer produces cleaner, agriculture-ready biochar

Maximum Academic Press
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research team has developed a novel internally heated cigar-type slow pyrolyzer and shown that changing draft direction, pyrolysis temperature, air distribution rate, and cooling mode can significantly alter the quality, cleanliness, and energy performance of the resulting biochar.

Dairy farms in California may transmit H5N1 virus through multiple sources

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The H5N1 strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 has been detected in over 700 herds of dairy cows in California, the largest dairy-producing state in the U.S. A study published May 5^th in the open-access journal PLOS Biology led by Seema S. Lakdawala at Emory University School of Medicine, U.S. and Jason Lombard at Colorado State University, U.S. suggests that avian influenza (H5N1) is transmitted through multiple, previously unknown sources and that some H5N1 positive cows do not show clinical signs of infection.

Journal: PLOS Biology

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