Xanthan gum is a popular kitchen ingredient, giving everything from sauces to gluten-free baked goods a nicely thickened ...

Fearless bacteria have colonized extreme environments, adapted to vast temperatures and pH fluctuations, and acclimated to ...

Amyrose Foll explains that there are many varieties of corn beyond the usual sweet corn you see in a grocery store and shares advice for growing unique cultivars side by side while avoiding cross ...

MOST farmers use expensive and possibly harmful chemical fertilizers to grow their crops. A more efficient and cheaper alternative is using plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB). PGPB are specific ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Southern rust appears on a corn plant’s leaf. The disease has popped up throughout Iowa through a ...

Six people in New York City have died this summer from Legionnaires’ disease, and more than 100 others have been sickened. Legionella bacteria and other bacteria grown from the same water ...