European Scientist
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Bionic bird? Meet Mia, rescued from certain death by a plug-and-play prosthetic foot
[Researcher Oskar Aszmann has given] Mia, a bearded vulture, a new foot. This is the first time a prosthetic of ...
Beer and sustainable farming: How brewing waste can disinfect soil and increase yields
Despite the simplicity, beer brewing generates substantial amounts of by-products, including large amounts of spent grain, which are difficult and ...
‘Imposing expansion of organic farming by decree counterproductive’: Farmer, ag industry executive challenges Europe to rethink its anti-biotech, anti-nuclear ideology
In the midst of the Farm to Fork (F2F) debate and the renegotiation of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), the ...
Biological machine: ‘Living computer’ made by printing cells on paper
From tablets and laptops to PCs and smartphones, we have many electronic devices to fill every moment in our lives ...
Despite GMO skepticism, German Green Party may endorse crop gene editing to promote farm sustainability
[I]n June 2020, more than twenty officials from the German Green party signed a contribution entitled: "New Times, New Answers: ...
Viewpoint: Proposed EU fungicide ban would sabotage efforts to curb global food contamination
One of the biggest dangers to our food supply comes from mold through a process that’s all-too-natural. Mold thrives in ...
Viewpoint: Europe’s paranoid fear of chemicals fueled by disinterest in learning
In a season of resolutions, a site like [European Scientist] has one hope: that the 2020s will be the decade ...
East Africa faces two plagues: Once-in-a-generation insect infestation and swarms of European activists trying to block the only effective tool, pesticides
European activists are putting lives at risk in East Africa, turning a plague of insects into a real prospect of ...
Golden Rice approval in Bangladesh hits temporary snag but approval in early 2020 and planting by 2021 on track
Golden Rice was developed almost two decades ago by biologists Prof Ingo Potrykus of the Institute of Plant Sciences in ...
Viewpoint: On GMOs, energy production, ‘fear of progress’ is Europe’s main attribute
Shale gas, GMOs: here are two topics that usually arouse the public's worst fears. [Europe] has managed to ban the ...
Forest biotech scientists lobby against GMO tree ban to promote sustainable forestry
A group of leading forest biotechnology scientists from around the world call for the reassessment of all sustainable forestry certification ...
William Vogt vs. Norman Borlaug: How two intellectual giants shaped the modern GMO debate
In the book The Wizard and the Prophet, Charles C. Mann exposes the implicit controversy between two visionaries at the ...
May election offers Europe chance to embrace gene editing and ‘smart agriculture,’ boost sustainable farming
On May 26, Europeans will be able to vote to elect new MEPs. This election will no doubt provide an ...
Signs of trouble ahead for organic dairy farmers
It’s an indisputable fact that organic farming is on the up, now more than ever. With sales of 8.2 billion ...
After Bayer-Monsanto merger, will ‘big ag’ invest in big data?
The merger has been a laboured one: in order to please regulators, Bayer had to sell its seed and herbicide ...
Can Elisabete Weiderpass reform controversial IARC cancer agency?
On Thursday 17th March, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (the IARC), appointed Dr. Elisabete Weiderpass as its new ...
Genetically modified plant could make cheaper malaria drugs. Will anti-GMO activists oppose it?
A team of mainly Chinese researchers [recently published] “The Genome of Artemisia annua Provides Insight into the Evolution of Asteraceae ...
Organic vs ‘biodynamic’ farming: What’s the difference?
These days biodynamic agriculture is often assumed to be a standard of excellence in agriculture or viticulture, although it widely ...
French scientists call on politicians to listen to science, not ‘scare-mongers’ on GMOs, glyphosate
Virginie Tournay, of CEVIPOF, a scientific research institute at the famous Science Po [Paris Institute of Political Studies] published the following article ...
