PhD Articles
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The recruitment of researchers and the organisation of scientific activity in industry
In the light of supposed increasing demand for science by companies, the relative difficulties in many countries of recent science PhD graduates in finding employment in companies seem to represent a paradox. We can wonder what are the factors that tend to limit the entry of PhD graduates into companies. This article looks at the recruitment and the careers of researchers in industry (emphasising ...
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Becoming a top female fisheries researcher in Kenya
In this film, as part of our series Africa’s PhD renaissance, scientist Nina Wambiji talks about how the support she has received from AWARD (African Women in Agricultural Research and Development) has helped her become a leading researcher in her field. She was granted a fellowship at AWARD after obtaining a PhD in Japan for her research on rabbitfish. AWARD is a two year career ...
By SciDev.Net
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Effects of the elimination of ethylene on apple preservation.
IX Iberian Symposium on Maturation and Postharvest From November 2-4 2016, Bioconservación participated in the IX Iberian Symposium on Maturation and Postharvest, which took place in Lisbon and coincided with the III National Symposium and IX Spanish Symposium on this important business domain of science, technology, and plant matter. Noteworthy researchers and technology experts from ...
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How do three main farm carbon calculators compare?
Mike Abram from Farmers Weekly presents an insightful review of three popular whole-farm calculators. A few farmers tested the overall scope and structure of the calculators, all of which cover arable and livestock enterprises and are “self-service” options that can be used without input from a farm adviser. The tools assessed where: Farm Carbon Toolkit Agrecalc Cool Farm Tool ...
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Growing with farmers: making research relevant
The application of scientific understanding to farming has improved crop yield and quality. However, farmers and scientists speak different languages. Farmers discuss yield and cost-benefit; scientists quantify caveats, uncertainty and risk. Moreover, a scientific field trial may produce a wonderful PhD but not be applicable anywhere outside the test site. Farmers deserve better than that. What ...
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Gene Editing Used to Create Single-sex Mouse Litters
Scientists at the Francis Crick Institute, in collaboration with Kent University, used gene editing technology to create litters with only female and male mice at 100% efficiency. The study, published today in Nature Communications, shows how the technology can be used to improve animal welfare in scientific research and even agriculture. In scientific research and agriculture, males or ...
By Lifeasible
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FORMA: A Near-Real Time Alert System for Tropical Forest Loss
If you were the administrator of a protected forest, you would ideally have a staff of rangers on patrol, backed up by law enforcement and high-resolution satellite images to keep you up-to-date on the forest’s condition. In this ideal world, illegal activity would quickly be halted. Yet the reality is that many protected areas lack these resources. Updated maps of forest damage can take ...
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The problems of barn swallows
When you think of troublesome pests, you probably picture rodents, bugs, and a variety of different, pesky birds. But in the past few years, one pest has succeeded in becoming a concern for both pest control companies and conservationists: barn swallows. Why Are Swallows Such a Big Problem? Swallows, also called barn swallows, are tiny birds that can be found in nearly every area of the world, ...
By Bird-X Inc.
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From Tobacco to Hemp: A 21st-Century Farmer’s Story
In February, Arable sat down with seventh-generation North Carolina farmer Charles Dietzel to discuss the newest incarnation of his legacy farm, Carolina Heritage Farms. We talked about his family’s transition from tobacco to agroforestry to now growing industrial hemp, and the role agtech has played in their decision to make the switch. With all the possibilities that come along with ...
By Arable
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The Arkansas irrigation yield contest
Most farmers are familiar with contests in which participants try to achieve the maximum yield of a crop from a given field. Fewer would be familiar with a contest in which participants’ total crop yield is divided by the amount of water they use—thus measuring their water use efficiency. That’s the kind of contest that Dr. Chris Henry and his colleagues at the University of ...
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