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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 23-Apr-2025 21:08 ET (24-Apr-2025 01:08 GMT/UTC)

Looking into specific microwave effects and reliability concerns

KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers investigated the microwave heating characteristics in a single-mode microwave system by using Multiphysics numerical simulations. The key findings provided a theoretical basis for comprehending microwave-heating processes in single-mode reactors and clarify the common microwave-specific effects encountered in laboratory settings.

Journal: Food Physics
Funder: National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of China, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, Collaborative Innovation Center of Food Safety and Quality Control in Jiangsu Province

Climate fee on food could effectively cut greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture while ensuring a social balance

Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Greenhouse gas emissions in German agriculture could be significantly reduced in a socially equitable way through a climate fee on food, combined with climate dividends. This is the key finding of a study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). The study suggests that pricing greenhouse gas-intensive foods could help meet climate targets for agriculture while generating over 8.2 billion Euros annually. If these funds were redistributed to households through a lump-sum compensation scheme, it would ease the financial burden on households, especially those with lower incomes and at the same time encourage sustainable consumption.

Journal: Food Policy

Renewed grant will continue UTIA’s integrated pest management program

University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture
Grant and Award Announcement

The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture has received a $210,000 grant from USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to support ongoing integrated pest management programs across Tennessee.

APS PRESS publishes the definitive, up-to-date rose health resource

American Phytopathological Society
Book Announcement

Compendium of Rose Diseases and Pests has been a trusted resource for plant pathologists, rose growers, and agricultural professionals worldwide since it was first published in 1983. APS PRESS, the publishing arm of The American Phytopathological Society, recently published the highly anticipated Compendium of Rose Diseases and Pests, Third Edition with extensive updates to reflect the latest advancements in plant pathology and pest management.

Funder: Fred C. Gloeckner Foundation

A fungus to save plants?

Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans Knöll Institute -
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The soil fungus Mortierella alpina has the potential to make agriculture greener and more sustainable: The fungus produces bioactive molecules called malpinins, which could protect plants from destructive worms. A research team from Jena has now been able to understand and describe their mode of action for the first time. The study was published in the renowned Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS).

Journal: Journal of the American Chemical Society

The biobattery that needs to be fed

Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA)
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A battery that needs feeding instead of charging? This is exactly what Empa researchers have achieved with their 3D-printed, biodegradable fungal battery. The living battery could supply power to sensors for agriculture or research in remote regions. Once the work is done, it digests itself from the inside.

Journal: ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Blueberries beware: Powdery mildew spreading across the globe

North Carolina State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Research on fungus spread could help growers predict, monitor and control powdery mildew disease affecting blueberries.

Journal: New Phytologist
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research

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