
Explore How Research Impacts Your Life

Insect Eaters: Turning Pests into Chicken Feed
ARS scientists are looking to turn the tables on mosquitoes and other insect pests like house flies by making them into lunch for other animals.
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Keeping the Bay Healthy
The Chesapeake Bay is the largest and most productive estuary in the United States and third largest in the world.
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Women Play Leading Role in Ag Science
Women are leading cutting-edge scientific research at ARS.
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New Cultivars Vitalize Cajun State’s Sugar Industry
ARS scientists use genetics to keep the Louisiana sugar industry vital.
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Sugar Byproducts May Help Refresh the Environment
Scientists are turning that waste into products that can refresh the soil. Two examples involve mill mud and bagasse.
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Scientists Improve Rice
Rice, already the primary staple for half the world's population, is getting a makeover from a research team in New Orleans, LA.
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Using More Cotton May Help Clean the Environment
Researchers may boost the cotton nonwoven industry and clean the environment.
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Egg-splaining Egg Safety
We are cracking the mysteries about egg safety, handling and consumption!
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Vertical Farming Is Moving Up
Vertical farming, the practice of growing crops in vertically stacked layers, allows farmers to grow fresh produce indoors year-round.
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If You’re Happy and You Know It, Strut Around
Want to raise backyard chickens? It requires planning, attention to detail, and fastidiousness when it comes to completing chores.
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A Halloween Mystery
Graveyards are a pretty cool place, if you’re a scientist. A Mississippi graveyard is the perfect place for a globe-trotting plant.
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This Bee Lives Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Researchers discovered a fuzzy gray bee that carves its nest into chunks of sandstone!
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Hanging Out and Taking Selfies
Takoda, the bald eagle at the U.S. National Arboretum, becomes a teenager.
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Your Pet Isn't The Only One Wearing a Collar
ARS researchers undertook a five-year study to improve control of the ticks that spread Lyme disease.
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Protecting Pecans with Friendly Fungi
Scientists at the ARS Fruit and Tree Nut Research Station have developed a new way to protect pecans from diseases.
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Protecting Our Pollinators
Pollinators are also essential to healthy, biodiverse ecosystems across public and private lands.
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Keep Your Eyes on the Fries
Are you eating ARS-developed French fries? The answer may surprise you.
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Reduce Waste With Composting
Composting is an excellent way to reduce waste sent to landfills while providing soil in gardens or fields with precious nutrients.
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Three Strikes and You're Out
Learn how ARS scientists are working hard to fight this pest and protect our beloved ash trees.
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The Tiny World of Microscopic Imaging
This facility is equipped with state-of-the-art microscopes capable of producing high-resolution, digital images of many pests and pathogens.
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Cracking the Mystery of How to Store Eggs
Should you store eggs in the refrigerator or let them sit out in the kitchen at room temperature?
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SunButter: A Tasty Sandwich Spread
Did you know that ARS scientists developed a tasty, nutrient-rich peanut butter alternative made from sunflower seeds?
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Researchers are Close to Hooking Fatal Catfish Disease
ARS scientists are close to landing answers and potential remedies to the elusive disease, Aeromonas hydrophila.
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Growing Food in Space
ARS scientists are working with NASA to develop technologies to allow astronauts to grow fresh produce while in space.
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Microalgae is the Bee’s Knees
Microscopic algae could provide a strong, sustainably produced artificial diet for honeybees.
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Can Baby Food Affect Your Adult Health?
What you eat at certain stages of life may determine your future health.
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Alternative Grains
ARS researchers are evaluating ways to use gluten-free alternatives, like amaranth, in popular products like cookies.
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ARS in Your Pizza
Great pizza needs great ingredients! Did you know that two of those were developed by ARS?
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What is Photosynthesis?
Learn about photosynthesis and how plants use it to feed the planet.
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An Apple For Your Teacher and You
ARS maintains an experimental orchard in Geneva, NY, devoted to bringing you even better apples for the future.
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Grape Expectations
ARS has bred "seedless" grape varieties with seeds so tiny that you can't even detect them.
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How Can an App Beef Up Cattle Production?
A team of ARS researchers is developing a web-based tool that will help cattle producers select the best bull for their herds.
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Invasion of the Air Potato!
Controlling one of the most aggressive invasive weeds in the southeastern United States.
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Really-Good-For-You Health Bars
ARS researchers helped formulate a tasty fruit-based bar with health-promoting ingredients.
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Imperfect Fruits and Veggies Get a Second Chance
Scientists are turning potentially wasted fruits and veggies into tasty, healthful products for you to enjoy.
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Prospecting for Non-Fossil Oil and Gas
A thermo-catalytic system may help farmers and ranchers convert farm and ranch leftovers and waste to sources of bioenergy.
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Hope for People With Peanut Allergy
ARS scientists have come up with a very promising for peanut allergy treatment.
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Living Mulch Improves Soil Health and Farmer’s Bottom Line
Scientists is working on a double-cropping system that may improve a farmer’s profit margin.
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Microbe Turns Bread Waste into Useful Compound
ARS scientists found a way to make a valuable compound from left over bread.
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