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World’s oldest bread found at prehistoric site in Jordan

By Will Dunham July 16, 2018

Washington | Reuters — Charred remains of a flatbread baked about 14,500 years ago in a stone fireplace at a site in northeastern Jordan have given researchers a delectable surprise: people began making bread, a vital staple food, millennia before they developed agriculture. No matter how you slice it, the discovery detailed on Monday shows […] Read more

Crops, Fruit/Vegetables, Reuters

Scientists peel back carrot’s genetic secrets

By Will Dunham May 11, 2016

Reuters — Scientists have gotten to the root of the carrot, genetically speaking. Researchers said Monday they have sequenced the genome of the carrot, an increasingly important root crop worldwide, identifying genes responsible for traits including the vegetable’s abundance of vitamin A, an important nutrient for vision. The genome may point to ways to improve […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters, Weather

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

By Will Dunham December 21, 2015

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 especially worrisome, with wild bee […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Weather

Rising CO2 levels may cut nutrient levels in crops: study

By Will Dunham May 7, 2014

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 be lower in wheat, rice, […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Reuters

Scientists make ethanol without corn or other crops

By Will Dunham April 9, 2014

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 electrode made of a form […] Read more

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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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