Super Eye in the Sky – High Resolution Satellite Images Provide Accurate Field Productivity...
In California, Stanford University researchers used high resolution photographs from compact satellites and a computer based model to accurately estimate farm production in Kenya,...
New foodborne toxin test is 100 percent accurate and faster, too
In California, Agricultural Research Service scientists developed a new test that's faster, more sensitive and less expensive than current tests in detecting one of...
Climate change reduction needs forest regeneration
In the United Kingdom, a team of researchers concluded that trying to tackle climate change by replacing forests with crops for bioenergy power stations...
Mathematics prove the value of precision agriculture for hand-picked specialty crops
In Illinois, researchers at the University of Illinois used mathematics to prove the potential for financial rewards by applying precision agriculture techniques to hand-picked...
Eating better leads to higher levels of food waste in America
In Vermont, Americans waste nearly a pound of food per person each day, but the exact amount of food we trash differs by how...
To know when a plant is thirsty, print a sensor right on the leaf
In Massachusetts, MIT engineers have created sensors that can be printed onto plant leaves that will reveal when the plants are experiencing a water...
For Sweden, more biorefineries will have minimal impact on wood prices
In Sweden, a new report from researchers from IIASA, Luleå University of Technology, and RISE Research Institutes of Sweden has shown that more biorefineries,...
EXPLO goes underwater to explore the birth of agriculture
In Switzerland, an international team of researchers led by the University of Bern created EXPLO (Exploring the dynamics and causes of prehistoric land use...
A single dose of psilocybin mushrooms reduces mental anguish in cancer patients for months
In New York, NYU Langone Medical Center researchers showed that when combined with psychological counseling, distressed cancer patients that took a single dose of...
New proton battery promises more energy in an environmentally-friendly package
In Australia, for the first time, researchers from RMIT University in Melbourne demonstrated a working rechargeable proton battery that could re-wire how we power...