A cutting-edge study has unveiled the genetic mechanisms that shape the vibrant purple leaves of tea plants, renowned for their health-enhancing anthocyanins.

Universidad Carlos III de Madrid  (UC3M) is part of the European scientific project SUSTAIN-6G, which will assess and explore sustainable technologies, methods, and use cases for 6G communications technology, addressing environmental, economic, and social needs. This R&D consortium, coordinated by Nokia, will work on solutions for three specific areas of sustainable development: smart grids, e-health and telemedicine, and agriculture.

The tropical coastlines of Southeast Asia are home to some of the most important and biodiverse marine ecosystems on the planet. But as well as being essential to communities along these coastlines, fishing and tourism were found - in new research conducted by an international study team - to be among the most damaging from an environmental perspective

Fungal contamination of cereal grains poses a substantial threat to food security and public health while causing hundreds of millions of dollars in economic losses annually. In a new study, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign evaluated far-ultraviolet C (far-UVC) light as a safe way to alleviate fungal contamination of corn and wheat and found this technology to be effective.

Rice is a staple food crop for more than half the world’s population, but most farmers don’t grow high-yielding varieties because the seeds are too expensive. Researchers from UC Davis and UC Berkeley have identified a potential solution: activating two genes in rice egg cells that trigger their development into embryos without the need for fertilization, which would efficiently create high-yielding clonal strains of rice and other crops.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — It’s commonly known in the cattle industry that bovine respiratory disease is the most costly illness affecting cattle in North America. Samantha Howe received a U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture grant to explore the use of probiotics in bovine respiratory disease prevention.