Tag: GMO
The science and politics of genetically engineered salmon: 5 questions answered
Alison Van Eenennaam, University of California, Davis
A Massachusetts-based company earlier this month cleared the last regulatory hurdle from the Food and Drug Administration to...
Reclaiming lost calories: Tweaking photosynthesis boosts crop yields
Amanda Cavanagh, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
What if your ability to feed yourself was dependent on a process that made a mistake 20 percent...
Mandatory labels with simple disclosures reduced fears of GE foods in...
Jane Kolodinsky, University of Vermont
There has been substantial debate over whether mandated labels for genetically engineered foods might increase or decrease consumer aversion toward...
Helping plants remove natural toxins could boost crop yields by 47...
Paul South, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Can you imagine the entire population of the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, the United Kingdom and France...
China’s fight to feed itself is hindered by anti-GM paranoia
By Cong Cao, University of Nottingham
One of China’s major genetically modified food projects is now to all intents and purposes dead and buried. The...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
