2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (173+ words) Published in Carbon Research, the study synthesises literature across terrestrial and aquatic interfaces to outline how compound weather disturbances jeopardise soil organic carbon storage and agricultural stability. The authors conducted a structured bibliometric and qualitative review across major databases (Google…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (145+ words) Led by researchers including corresponding author Shuhang Wu, the review synthesises data showing how biochar coordinates physical, chemical, and biological processes within the narrow zone of soil directly surrounding plant roots to boost agricultural productivity and carbon sequestration. The rhizosphere,…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (673+ words) Open Access Government Marbiotech’s vision for the future of microalgae biotechnology Discover how microalgae can drive environmental sustainability, human health, circular value chains, and the future blue bioeconomy Microalgae are among the most versatile biological resources for driving the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (75+ words) UK Government launches £13 Million fund to bring agri-tech innovations to farms Open Access Government The initiative provides grants to propel research and agricultural technology off the drawing board and into commercial use on UK farms. To illustrate the scope of…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (194+ words) This is the mechanism policymakers should be helping to scale: transparency creates commercial pressure that regulation alone cannot generate as quickly, and it rewards brands for cleaning up sourcing rather than penalizing them after the fact. California has already set…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (257+ words) WWF-UK treats climate and nature as a single emergency; spatial optimisation now measures how much of that ambition existing land can deliver. WWF’s Living Planet Report 2024 recorded an average 73% decline in monitored wildlife populations between 1970 and 2020, drawn from almost 35,000 population…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (302+ words) The paper was published today, 18 August 2026, and is expected to give developers clearer guidance on the regulatory pathway for microbiome-based medicines. Microbiome-based medicinal products (MBMPs) are designed to modulate, restore or replace the human microbiome. MBMPs are attracting new interest…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (421+ words) To track microbial biostimulants in soil, SPIN-FERT is validating two devices based on an innovative biosensor – a DNA aptamer selected on a common bacterial species, Bacillus subtilis, known for its plant biostimulation features. The devices are exploiting a shift in…...