As NASA plans for long-term human missions beyond Earth, one question keeps resurfacing: how do you sustain life in places ...

A Chile-based ag technology company says its liquid pollination system can lift fruit set in United States orchards by about ...

The varroa mite may be tiny — only a millimetre or two long — but it poses a huge threat to honey bees, beekeepers and honey producers, who are on high alert after the destructive mite's recent ...

Argentine ants compete with bumble bees for prized nectar sources. But the bees are fighting back. Find out how.

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MELVILLE, N.Y., Sept. 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Nikon Instruments Inc. today unveiled the winners of its 15th annual Nikon Small World in Motion Video Competition, an integral component of the Nikon ...

McClellan's work fuses decades of experience in industrial machine vision system development with a passion for microscopy and photography, resulting in videos that are both mesmerizing and ...

This ear of corn illustrates the problem that resulted from heavy fog or rainfall — moisture that came at the wrong time and interrupted the pollination process. Notice the ear tip contains whitish ...

Vanilla is more than just a kitchen staple. It is the world’s most popular spice after saffron and finds its way into everything from ice creams to perfumes and medicines. The allure of vanilla’s rich ...