Under the microscope, you can find that the soil is truly alive. Jim Ristau was giving attendees at the South Dakota Specialty Producers Summit a look through the lens. Jim Ristau shares a look under ...

The Phoenix Mars Lander is equipped with an Optical Microscope that is showing NASA scientists detailed images of soil particles, with sizes down to one-tenth the diameter of a human hair. Let's be ...

The classic microscope is getting a modern twist - US researchers are developing an AI-powered microscope system that could make soil health testing faster, cheaper, and more accessible to farmers and ...

Hidden algae communities beneath farms may play a major role in soil health, water retention, and natural nitrogen cycling, ...

Clay minerals have long been thought too large for plant absorption, but new research turns that assumption on its head. Scientists have discovered that wheat (Triticum aestivum) can absorb micrometer ...