Speaking today at the International Chamber of Commerce’s (ICC) 6th World Chambers Congress in Kuala Lumpur, Syngenta CEO Mike Mack underlined the importance of agricultural technology in supporting the environment. “The role of science and technology must go beyond increasing productivity by also enabling us to safeguard nature.

Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have sequenced the genome of a parasite that can kill honey bees. Nosema ceranae is one of many pathogens suspected of contributing to the current bee population decline, termed colony collapse disorder (CCD). Researchers describe the parasite's genome in a study published June 5 in the open-access journal PLoS Pathogens.

Stuck in a foreign country 3000 km from family and friends, Maggie Timbi was terrified when she went into labour two months early. But for the proud Papua New Guinean mother Melbourne was the right place at the wrong time for her and tiny son Creone, who owes his life to the specialised care of Melbourne's Royal Women's Hospital.

SACRAMENTO -- A food-safety campaign to tighten up the standard for meat served in schools and to give the state new power to recall contaminated food largely stalled Wednesday in the Senate. Senators rejected Senate Bill 416 by Sen. Dean Florez, D-Shafter, that would have authorized schools to buy meat and poultry that hadn't been routinely treated with antibiotic drugs.