WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- ACS Applied Electronic Materials, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Chemical Society, published research articles on the following topics in its Feb. 27, 2024, edition (Vol. 6, Issue 2): Reviews: * Recent Advances in Nanosensors for Motion Detection * Review of Ionic Conductivity Properties of NASICON Type Inorganic Solid Electrolyte LATP Articles: * Effects of Fabrication Process of Conductive TPU Composites on Dual-Function Gas Sensor and Energy Devices *  more

CANBERRA, Australia, Feb. 28 - The Australian Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry issued the following news release: A new Sustainable Biosecurity Funding Advisory Panel will for the first-time boost transparency for farmers and importers by giving them a say on biosecurity priorities and showing how Commonwealth biosecurity funding is used. The Albanese Government's record $1 billion Sustainable Biosecurity Funding model - including increased funding from government, importers an  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following Q&A on Feb. 27, 2024: * * * Russia's invasion of Ukraine has caused the greatest military-related increase in global food insecurity in at least a century. Although the issue has receded from headlines, impacts persist: the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) predicts that millions will still be chronically undernourished in 2030 because of Russia's war. The effects of Russia's destruction of   more

LONDON, England, Feb. 29 -- The Journal of Experimental Botany, a journal that says it features improvement of plants for the sustainable production of food, fuel and renewable materials from the Society of Experimental Biology, published research articles on the following topics in its Feb. 28, 2024, edition (Vol. 75, Issue 5): Extra Botany: - Insights * Waking up Sleeping Beauty: DNA damage activates dormant stem cell division by enhancing brassinosteroid signaling * Why leaves become iso  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, March 2 -- The Journal of Plant Registrations, a peer-reviewed journal from the Crop Science Society of America, published research articles on the following topics in its January 2024 edition (Vol. 18, Issue 1): REGISTRATION: * Registration of 'Lontra' malting barley: A two-row, winter-habit cultivar of interest to the craft malting and brewing industries * Registration of 'GemCraft' spring malting barley cultivar * Registration of 'Espresso' lowland switchgrass * Regi  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative issued the following joint statement with 47 countries: * * * Joint Statement of Albania, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, European Union, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Montenegro, The Netherlands, New Zealand, North Mace  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced that Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small is leading USDA's first agribusiness trade mission to Luanda, Angola, this week, accompanied by representatives from the Kansas and Wisconsin departments of agriculture, as well as 16 U.S. companies and organizations. "I am proud to lead USDA's first trade mission to Angola to help American agri-businesses bui  more