PFAS “forever chemicals” threaten farms nationwide. Testing, funding and new tech could help agriculture adapt, if the willpower is there.

Place a cup of soil into a jar, top it off with water, and shake vigorously. Allowing the mixture to settle entirely, you’ll ...

Presswood is a Ph.D. student at the University of Nevada, Reno. Here he discusses what brought him to Nevada, his work in snow hydrology, and his plans for the future.

Chemists in South Korea have created a stable color-changing sensor that displays an easily quantifiable response to the pH of its surroundings. Published in Microsystems & Nanoengineering, Dong-Hwan ...

A research team led by the University of Waterloo is developing a novel tool to treat cancer by engineering hungry bacteria to literally eat tumors from the inside out. "Bacteria spores enter the ...

In a year of tight margins and rising input costs, Maryland farmer Tom Linthicum has found a way to make every dollar count.

Erosion harms farmland. A study found Fanya Juu terraces improve soil health, boosting key nutrients like organic carbon (up ...

Baking soda is a leaf helper more than a soil booster, and in a mild spray it can make foliage less welcoming to powdery ...

Soil color could replace expensive chemical tests, helping farmers monitor fertility and carbon faster and more safely.

The old Bray-1 method required multiple samples to provide a full nutrient picture of the sample, slowing the process and increasing the cost. In contrast, the new method, called Mehlich-3, requires ...

I'm getting close to retirement and realizing some of the religious forces at work shaping our attitudes toward education and the life of the mind.

Q. I want to get my garden off to a healthy start for this year. What are some options for soil prep that I can get started with? I’m trying ...