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Using phage-assisted continuous evolution technology developed by Harvard Professor David Liu and his co-workers, a team of researchers has evolved new forms of a natural insecticidal protein called “Bt toxin.” The proteins can be used to help control Bt toxin resistance in insects.

New weapons against agricultural pests

Researchers create natural insecticidal proteins to target resistant bugs

Health|

DateApril 27, 2016March 15, 2019

A 1951 photograph shows corn plants growing about a foot apart. Today, intense farming puts the stalks within inches of each other. The change in land use has had a surprising impact on the surrounding climate.

Today’s farming practices can cool temps

Summer peak temperatures falling over regions with intense farming

Science|

DateFebruary 8, 2016

Plato's Organic Harvest in Middleboro is one of the many Massachusetts businesses that brings its products to the Farmers' Market at Harvard University. Dave Purpura is the owner of the farm. Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff Photographer

From farms to tables

A look at where the food sold at the Harvard Farmers' Market originates

Campus|

DateAugust 11, 2014June 21, 2019

After a screening of their new film "Cesar Chavez," director Diego Luna (center) and producer Pablo Cruz (left) spoke with Marshall Ganz, a senior lecturer in public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School who worked with Chavez in the 1960s. “Nothing has been so personal in my life,” said Luna about telling Chavez's story.

The leadership of Cesar

Film recounts life of Chavez, who organized farm workers

Arts|

DateMarch 4, 2014May 21, 2019

Sakura Christmas, a doctoral student from Harvard’s History Department, is wrapping up work in the archives and libraries of Tokyo and headed for 10 months of study in Inner Mongolia, an autonomous region in northern China that spans much of China’s northern border.

Invading Inner Mongolia’s painful past

Tumultuous times draw history student Sakura Christmas

World|

DateApril 4, 2013April 10, 2019

“What we’re trying to get at is how adaptable corn is,” said Harvard graduate student Ethan Butler. “The first step in that is to understand how well the crops react to the conditions they experience, or how sensitive they are to the ‘good’ and ‘bad’ days.”

Corn in a changing climate

Adaptive ability of crops can reduce damages from warming weather

Science|

DateDecember 14, 2012December 15, 2017