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Insecticides that are sprayed in orchards and fields across North America may be more toxic to spiders than scientists previously believed.

Classified as: news, Research, spiders, Animal behaviour, evolutionary ecology, Christopher Buddle, Dept. of Natural Resource Sciences
Published on: 6 Aug 2015

Even jumping spiders have personalities scientists have discovered. A "shy" individual will not make the same choices as a "bold" individual. This means that some individuals, because of their personality type, will capture more prey than others, and will therefore have a larger effect on local ecosystems.

Classified as: news, Research, spiders, Animal behaviour, evolutionary ecology, Christopher Buddle, Dept. of Natural Resource Sciences
Published on: 6 Aug 2015

Given the need to feed an estimated 2.4 billion more people by the year 2050, the drive toward large-scale, single-crop farming around the world may seem inexorable.

Published on Feb 21, 2014 |
Written by S.C.

Classified as: Sustainability, food, global food security, farming, Timothy Johns
Published on: 24 Feb 2014

±«ÓãÖ±²¥ scientists, led by Ajjamada Kushalappa of the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, have teamed up with researchers from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia to develop nutritious, high-yielding, and more disease-resistant potatoes for food-insecure indigenous communities in Colombia.

Published on: 20 Jun 2012

Whether it is for research into clean energy sources, the future of wireless communication or a better understanding of the processes involved in language learning, over 160 established ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ researchers and more than 80 graduate students will benefit from support from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) over the next five years.

Published on: 6 Jun 2012

BioFuelNet Canada – made possible by federal NCE program – will bring together industry and academics to research and develop biofuels of the future

Published on: 30 May 2012

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