Streams are good regional environmental sensors
In Michigan, scientists at Michigan State University have shown that streams can be key health indicators of a region’s landscape. Using streams as sensors...
Researchers develop robots to harvest cucumbers
In Germany, the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology IPK is developing and testing a dual-arm robot for the automated harvesting of...
UMass Amherst and Genoverde Biosciences research could increase wood density by 20%
In Massachusetts, University of Massachusetts Amherst plant geneticist Sam Hazen partnered with Genoverde Biosciences, Inc. to test the commercial viability of Hazen’s gene trait...
Appalachian Mountains Joint Venture receives $16 million to improve forest health
In West Virginia, the Appalachian Mountains Joint Venture is working with landowners in West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Kentucky to improve the health of...
Low cost, disposable graphene nanoparticle strips detect pesticides instantaneously in the field
In Iowa, a team at Iowa State University’s Department of Mechanical Engineering created a flexible, low cost and disposable biosensor that can detect pesticides...
LiDAR uncovers previously unknown Maya expanse
In New York, archaeologists from the U.S., Europe, and Guatemala collaborated in a LiDAR survey of the jungles of northern Guatemala to map the...
Cherry tomatoes maintain quality when grown with half the water
In Spain, researchers at the University of Seville published a study showing that when reducing the water used to water cherry tomato crops by...
NIFA announces $3 million for agriculture co-robot research
In Washington, D.C., $3 million in robotics research, application and education funding for agricultural systems was made available under the National Robotics Initiative by...
National Farmers Union says withdrawing from the Paris Agreement hurts farmers and ranchers
In Washington, D.C., Roger Johnson, president of the National Farmers Union, said President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement rejects science and...
EU biomass policy needs a fundamental rethink: report
Spanish and Dutch policy experts have published research that used mathematical models to evaluate the role of public policy on biomass usage and better...