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Rising CO2 levels could reduce nutrition values of staple crops like wheat, rice and soy
2014-05-07 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Some of the worlds most important staple crops could be rendered less nutritious by rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, scientists have said, leading to a rise in dietary deficiencies already responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths annually. Crops such as wheat, rice and soybeans were all found to have decreased concentrations of iron and zinc when exposed to the higher levels of CO2. Experts said that the effect, which has been observed before but never conclusively proven...
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Kellogg, Walmart collaborate to improve rice crop sustainability
2014-05-07 01:00:00| Food Processing Technology
Kellogg, a US-based cereal company, has partnered with Walmart to improve rice crop sustainability and help smallholder growers across the world.
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Oil and gas high performance computing at Rice
2014-05-06 15:43:20| Oil IT Journal - www.oilit.com
Around 500 hear from Nvidia, Aramco, Intel, HueSpace and SpiralGen on HPC applications.
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Rice students work to bring deft touch to amputees
2014-04-18 08:34:32| Biotech - Topix.net
When picking up a delicate egg, they can't instinctively modulate how hard they're gripping it.
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Worlds longest rice experiment seeks answers vs. climate change
2014-04-18 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
GMA: Clouds hung heavy over the rice fields at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in Laguna last April 15, seemingly auguring dark times ahead for the worlds longest-running rice experiment, which turned 52 on that day. "Mukhang uulan," said Tony Lambino, IRRIs Head of Communications, just as the celebrations for the Long-Term Continuous Cropping Experiments (LTCCEs) anniversary were about to begin. Worlds longest-running rice experiment Since 1962, the LTCCE has been working to...
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