University of Giessen

University of Giessen, official name Justus Liebig University Giessen (German: Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen), is a large public research university in Giessen, Hesse, Germany

Could microscopic soil roundworm compounds really protect major crops from pests and pathogens?

Protecting crops from pests and pathogens without using toxic pesticides has been a longtime goal of farmers. Researchers at Boyce Thompson Institute have found that compounds from an unlikely source – microscopic soil roundworms – could achieve this aim. As described in research published in the May 2019 issue of Journal of Phytopathology, these compounds helped protect major

Could microscopic soil roundworm compounds really protect major crops from pests and pathogens?

Sterile insect technique: New strategies against mosquitoes and other pests

South America is fighting a battle against tiger mosquitoes that transmit yellow fever, dengue fever and the Zika virus. In Central Europe, wine and fruit growers fear another year of massive crop failures due to a type of vinegar fly known as the spotted-wing drosophila. Since the success rate of conventional methods continues to fall,

Sterile insect technique: New strategies against mosquitoes and other pests

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New astrophysics research supports the existence of an unknown influence
A University of California, Riverside, study has expanded our knowledge of the structure of the universe and supports the existence of a new physical effect, such as a particle that has never been ...
University of Florida spends record amount on research projects
UF research spending increased about $8 million over the previous year. Research funding also reached a new level in 2024 at $1.14 billion, including $768 million from the federal government, $123.5 ...
Ohio State University to lead $10M effort to bridge gap between research and farmers
Ohio State is working with Central State, Lincoln University and the University of Missouri on accelerating climate-smart farm solutions.
BePRECISE consortium unveils guidelines to enhance reporting in precision medicine research
They should not be left behind, but potential benefit will require generating and sharing research data and reporting outcomes according to international best practices." The SBIMB at Wits University ...
University of Maryland to pay $500,000 over alleged nondisclosure of foreign research grant sources
A Maryland university has entered into a settlement agreement over allegations that the institution failed to disclose foreign research grant support sources.

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A new approach to accelerate the discovery of quantum materials
Researchers at Berkeley Lab have successfully demonstrated an innovative approach to find breakthrough materials for quantum applications. The approach uses rapid computing methods to predict the ...
$2.5 million NIH grant to help UB researchers remove guesswork from drug discovery
The lab of David Heppner will try to answer fundamental questions about the time-consuming and costly drug discovery process.
Goodbye to Migraines? Famous University Makes a Revolutionary Discovery
A recent discovery by a team at the University of Rochester in New York gives us hope that we may finally be able to identify the causes of these intense headaches. According to the results of this ...
Underworld discovery challenges our understanding of human evolution
A team from the University of Toronto studied a well-preserved skull of Anadoluvius recovered from the Çorakyerler fossil locality near Çankırı in 2015. Mediterranean fossil apes are diverse and are ...
Asteroid samples collected by University of Arizona researchers show surprising discovery
TUCSON, Ariz. - Some long-awaited surprises were revealed from some asteroid samples collected by the University of Arizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission. The deep dive into the sample of rocks and ...