Oct 22 2010
Biodegradable Styrofoam Made From Milk
Sorry vegans. Scientists have whipped up an alternative to petroleum-derived styrofoam packaging using a combination of clay and milk protein.
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Oct 22 2010
Biodegradable Styrofoam Made From Milk
Sorry vegans. Scientists have whipped up an alternative to petroleum-derived styrofoam packaging using a combination of clay and milk protein.
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May 12 2010
Teat Tweets Tell of Cow’s Milking Experience
A dairy farmer near Waterloo, Ontario, Canada has 12 cows that tweet about the milk they're producing from their teats. This is not cow porn. This is real, hard-core science. Ron Broglio, a visiting professor at the University of Waterloo ...
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Feb 08 2010
Super Beans Aim for the Sky
I have some exciting bean news that bodes well for struggling smallholder farmers in Africa. The Rwanda Agricultural Research Institute announced that it has unveiled 15 varieties of climbing beans that put the common "bush bean" in the dust. The ...
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