Research and development at Ecological Laboratories focus on creating bacteria consortia with high stability. They're known ...

As our region’s growth outpaces much of the nation, leaders face a recurring paradox: the urgent need for new solutions versus the fiduciary responsibility to protect public dollars and corporate ...

The North Dakota State Laboratory is more than three times the size of a 50-year-old building that houses the Department of Environmental Quality and Health and Human Services. Both agencies do a lot ...

Retaining walls are designed to protect homes and roads from unstable slopes. However, when poorly designed or constructed without proper soil testing and drainage, they can become a major hazard, ...

NordSpace's new venture capital division takes strategic stake in Edmonton-based hyperspectral imaging leader Wyvern as ...

Managing land is crucial because soil erosion reduces nutrient and organic matter content, affecting crop yields and soil workability.

PFAS “forever chemicals” threaten farms nationwide. Testing, funding and new tech could help agriculture adapt, if the willpower is there.

Mars’ frozen ice caps may be time capsules for ancient life. Lab experiments show that key building blocks of proteins can survive tens of millions of years in pure ice, even under relentless cosmic ...

The 200 free kits will help improve drinking water by testing for total coliform bacteria & E. coli, nitrates, lead, arsenic ...

Soil color could replace expensive chemical tests, helping farmers monitor fertility and carbon faster and more safely.

The old Bray-1 method required multiple samples to provide a full nutrient picture of the sample, slowing the process and increasing the cost. In contrast, the new method, called Mehlich-3, requires ...

Easier than a blood test, saliva tests have the potential to detect cavities, infections and even cancer. But a lack of ...