Friday, October 8, 2010

FW: ARS Newslink

USDA agencies to join scientific networking system:
ARS is one of five U.S. Department of Agriculture that have committed to using VIVO, a web application designed to enable better national networking between scientists from different disciplines and locations. (10/5)
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2010/101005.htm

New feeds for fish-from fish:
An ARS scientist in Alaska and his collaborators at the Oceanic Institute are busy turning discarded fish parts-heads, tails, skin, bones and even internal organs-into fish feeds good enough to tempt shrimp and the fish called "moi" that was once reserved for Hawaiian royalty. (10/6)
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2010/101006.htm

Good news for farmers who grow Bt corn-and those who don't:
A group of agricultural scientists reported in the Oct. 7 issue of the journal Science that corn that has been genetically engineered to produce insect-killing proteins isolated from the soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) provides significant economic benefits even to neighboring farmers who grow non-transgenic varieties of corn. (10/7)
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2010/101007.htm

A good excuse to indulge yourself with smoked salmon:
Some of America's most popular fish-salmon and albacore tuna, for example-are rich in healthful natural compounds known as omega-3 fatty acids, and ongoing studies by an ARS chemist and his co-investigators are helping uncover new details about how these fish-oil components help protect us from chronic diseases. (10/8)
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2010/101008.htm

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