Top news of the week: 08.04.2021.
Sustainability
While COVID held our attention in a vice grip, 2020 brought some major crop biotech breakthroughs
This month marked one year since the COVID-19 pandemic turned life upside down around the world. The anniversary wasn’t exactly a celebratory milestone,
New, Improved Plant Varieties on the Farm
Dear farmer, thank you for accepting to participate in this consultation with the aim of exploring your needs and expectations related to new, improved plant varieties*. Your answers to ...
Drought is back. But Southern California faces less pain than Northern California
Record amounts of regional water storage will buffer urban Southern California from the effects of drought this year.
Moab May Be Running Out Of Water. That’s Prompting Residents To Rethink Conservation And Development
Recent studies found there’s likely less water in Moab’s aquifer than previously thought. Now, the tightening water supply has led to a reckoning over the consequences of development and ...
Gas heat and stoves are warming the climate. Should cities start banning them?
Buildings are responsible for a lot of carbon emissions. Weaning them off fossil fuels is a key part of the climate solution.
Corteva Agriscience Collaborates with Ginkgo Bioworks to Bolster Crop Protection
Corteva will leverage Ginkgo’s synthetic biology platform to develop sustainable crop protection solutions, addressing food insecurity and growing pest resistance challenges ...
Roche launches Elecsys Anti-p53 immunoassay to aid diagnosis of various cancer types
Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) today announced the launch of the Elecsys Anti-p53 immunoassay for the in vitro quantitative determination of anti-p53 antibodies. This test is used to ...
Seaspiracy Harms More Than It Educates
The appeal of the Netflix hit is that it suggests there’s one solution to the ocean’s woes. That’s not true. A marine ecologist explains.