Several controversial experiments have been carried out or are being planned to fertilize areas of the sea with iron or urea to see whether this encourages the growth of plankton. Earlier this year, the UNs Nobel-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said that ocean fertilization and other geo-engineering schemes, such as erecting a giant parasol in orbit to cool the planet, were largely speculative and with the risk of unknown side effects. Given the present state of...

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Results Nutritional upgrading by Blochmannia was tested in 90-day feeding experiments with brood-raising in worker-groups on chemically defined diets with and without essential amino acids and treated or not with antibiotics. Nonetheless, the genome sequence of Blochmannia floridanus, the obligate intracellular endosymbiont of Camponotus floridanus, suggests a function in nutritional upgrading of host resources by the bacterium. Thus, the strongly reduced genome of the endosymbiont retains...

Click for a full list of Top Jobs View videos that show Great Places to Work The Oklahoman Editorial THAT cackling you hear coming from northeastern Oklahoma isn't being generated by the scores of chicken farms in the region, but by litigants involved in a lawsuit over chicken waste and water quality. Click for a full list of Top Jobs View videos that show Great Places to Work The Oklahoman Editorial THAT cackling you hear coming from northeastern Oklahoma isn't being generated by the...

EnCoate is building on its original technology for bio-insecticides that uses bio-polymers to encase the naturally occurring bacteria that kills grass grub. Scientists soon realised the huge potential the technology had for other applications in the global food business, particularly for coating unstable ingredients. EnCoate is focussing on pro-biotics, bacteria that deliver positive benefits to human and animal gut function, repairing it after illness, or helping to maintain optimal...

To dramatically cut emissions from this sector, a comprehensive solution must include improved vehicle fuel efficiency, smart growth policies that reduce vehicle miles traveled, and clean fuel alternatives. The analysis assumed that alternative fuels will replace 37 billion gallons of gasoline, about 20 percent of the fuel UCS projects Americans will consume in 2030. Corn ethanol, conversely, could be either more polluting or less than gasoline, depending on how the corn is grown and the...