Palm oil is found in foods, cosmetics, detergents, fuels, and many other everyday products. It supplies about 30% of the world’s vegetable oil while producing substantially more oil per hectare than crops such as soybean. Yet its expansion has also been linked to deforestation, peatland degradation, biodiversity loss, and high greenhouse gas emissions.

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is part of a team that has won up to $160 million over the next 10 years from the National Science Foundation for the BRIDGES Engine, a collaborative initiative that will generate millions of dollars in additional annual income for Tennessee farmers and create thousands of jobs across the state. 

Researchers review the latest results and understanding of mechanisms behind this new field of research where seeds show higher yields and resilience following flash treatment in low-temperature plasma. 

Virginia Tech researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model designed to help policymakers manage growing competition between agriculture and semiconductor manufacturing, as drough strains water supplies across the United States.

A newly developed high-speed clinostat enabled researchers at Okayama University of Science to observe shrimp feeding under simulated microgravity for the first time. The study provides new evidence supporting the feasibility of space aquaculture and advances technologies needed for long-term human exploration of the Moon and Mars.A newly developed high-speed clinostat enabled researchers at Okayama University of Science to observe shrimp feeding under simulated microgravity for the first time. The study provides new evidence supporting the feasibility of space aquaculture and advances technologies needed for long-term human exploration of the Moon and Mars.