Adding new buzz to controversial insecticide
Fast-acting imidacloprid crystals could reduce the quantities needed.
A team of US chemists has found a way to make the insecticide imidacloprid more effective, claiming that its faster-a...
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A new measurement for sustainable agriculture
The Sustainable Agriculture Matrix provides thresholds and quantitative goals for countries to wo...
If we want a sustainable future, agriculture must feature in the equation. The problem is that suitable agriculture i...
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How can we achieve food security in the Asia-Pacific region?
Is food security a problem we need to tackle as a collective?
Australia, the land girt by sea, may seem like an isolated country, but is part of a wider ecosystem in the Asian-Pac...
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What stops small farms from cashing in on carbon?
Small-scale carbon farming leaves a lot to be desired.
“We can automate nearly everything, can't we? We can fly to the moon, but we can't make one of these methods simple e...
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The new solution to climate change: Potty-training cows
The MooLoo holds great pootential for reducing carbon emissions
Cows contribute massively to global emissions because of the greenhouse gases they produce. We’re not talking hot air...
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Meet the meat: what are the planet's prime carbon cuts?
The coming UN Climate Change Summit will again question the climate credentials of the meat and l...
The longed-for first bite of a delicious, expensive rib-eye is en route to your mouth when your teenager says: “You k...
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Game-changing GM crop finally planted in Nigeria
After decades of research, Nigeria’s farmers are growing a GM version of their staple legume that...
Last July, for the first time, subsistence farmers in Nigeria planted a new variety of genetically modified (GM) cowp...
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The Cosmos Big Food Quiz
Nuts that aren’t nuts, shiny beef, and dotty strawberries. Take a bite of our food quiz for Natio...
This year’s school theme for National Science Week is Food: Different by Design. To celebrate, here is our Cosmos Big...
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Investing in water quality could fatten up cattle
Renovating dams reaps financial rewards.
Renovating dams and improving water quality could fatten up cattle and reap long-term financial rewards, according to...
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Will cyanobacteria fertiliser save our soil?
Biofertiliser made from cyanobacteria show promise as a sustainable nitrogen source
As global soil health dwindles, Aussie researchers are investigating the production of a sustainable organic nitrogen...
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The next-generation biology revolution promises new products and industries
Synthetic biology – using life’s protein building blocks to create almost anything – has the pote...
At the start of my career, I didn’t set out to work in the field of synthetic biology. It didn’t exist. But the pace ...
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CSIRO makes satellite eye in the sky available for Aussie Earth observation
Access to the NovaSAR-1 satellite will help industries such as agriculture and emergency management.
Australian researchers in industries such as agriculture and disaster management can, from today, apply to direct the...