Dairy sector boasts 100 years of successful herd data collection

The U.S. dairy industry operates a comprehensive data collection program that records herd production information from farmers nationwide. The program provides crucial input for cattle breeding and genetics, and its cooperative structure ensures...
23-Mar-2023 3:20 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Research uncovers details about the mysterious author of early astronomy textbooks

Research by Gregory Girolami, the William and Janet Lycan Professor of Chemistry at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, uncovered previously unknown details about the enigmatic English scholar Margaret Bryan, including her family background...
23-Mar-2023 9:55 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Local manure regulations can help reduce water pollution from dairy farms

Animal agriculture is a major source of water pollution in the United States, as manure runoff carries excess nutrients into rivers and lakes. Because of their non-point source nature, most farms are not regulated under the federal Clean Water Act....
21-Mar-2023 2:50 PM EDT Add to Favorites

DOE renews bioenergy center at Illinois

Earlier today the DOE announced a five-year extension of funding for the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI), to a total of $237.9 million for the period from 2017 to 2027.
17-Mar-2023 2:00 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Department of Speech and Hearing Science Rose From a Humble Start

As humble beginnings go, it would be difficult to top that of the Department of Speech and Hearing Science at the University of Illinois.
15-Mar-2023 3:45 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Could AI-powered object recognition technology help solve wheat disease?

A new University of Illinois project is using advanced object recognition technology to keep toxin-contaminated wheat kernels out of the food supply and to help researchers make wheat more resistant to fusarium head blight, or scab disease, the...
15-Mar-2023 1:45 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Using a standard RGB camera and AI to obtain vegetation data

Aerial imagery is a valuable component of precision agriculture, providing farmers with important information about crop health and yield. Images are typically obtained with an expensive multispectral camera attached to a drone. But a new study from...
10-Mar-2023 5:45 PM EST Add to Favorites

WormAtlas expanding beyond C. elegans with support from NIH

The National Institutes of Health recently pledged $2.6 million towards the Center for C. elegans Anatomy, also known as WormAtlas. The center provides anatomical resources for researchers studying C. elegans, the tiny nematode worm that serves as a...
7-Mar-2023 3:30 PM EST Add to Favorites