Robot helpers address farm workforce shortages
In the United Kingdom, produce growers concerned about workforce shortages in the wake of Brexit could soon have an alternative solution – robots. The...
Estimating ancient air moisture using fossilized plant leaf wax
In the United Kingdom, new research coming out of the University of Birmingham outlined a new methodology for estimating ancient atmospheric water content based...
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...
New electronic skin self-heals and is recyclable
In Colorado, CU Boulder researchers have developed a new type of malleable, self-healing and fully recyclable electronic skin that has applications ranging from robotics...
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...
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...
Agroforestry sequesters more soil organic carbon than conventional farming
In Pennsylvania, agroforestry could play an important role in mitigating climate change because it sequesters more atmospheric carbon in plant parts and soil than...
Earth BioGenome Project intends to map the DNA of all living things on Earth
In California, in an effort to protect and preserve the Earth's biodiversity and kick-start an inclusive bio-economy, the World Economic Forum announced a landmark...
Omega-3s from fish are superior to flaxseed oil in cancer prevention
In Canada, omega-3s from fish pack a stronger punch than flaxseed and other oils when it comes to cancer prevention, according to a first-ever...
Sunlight-splitting greenhouse film increases photosynthetically efficient light
In Colorado, engineers working at the University of Colorado Boulder are developing a scalable, cost-effective greenhouse material that splits sunlight into photosynthetically efficient light...