The 2019 Global Agricultural Productivity Report, “Productivity Growth for Sustainable Diets, and More,” released today by…
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Harnessing plasmonics for precision agriculture worldwide
Maiken Mikkelsen wants to change the world by developing a small, inexpensive hyperspectral camera to enable…
NASA's Aqua satellite reveals flooding in Japan from Typhoon Hagibis
Typhoon Hagibis made landfall in Japan over the weekend of October 12 and 13, bringing damaging…
Plotting air raids on Britain: Map shows devastating impact of WWII Luftwaffe strikes
A researcher from the University of York has developed an interactive map detailing every air raid…
Artificial intelligence and farmer knowledge boost smallholder maize yields
Farmers in Colombia’s maize-growing region of Córdoba had seen it all: too much rain one year,…
Conservationists seek protection of California Joshua trees
A conservation organization has petitioned for protection of the western Joshua tree under the California Endangered…
The giant geode of Pulpí
The geode of Pulpí is an 11-meter hollow ovoid with crystal-paneled walls. It is like those…
NASA's Terra satellite catches a glimpse of a fleeting Ema
Tropical Storm Ema had a very short life, but NASA’s Terra satellite caught a glimpse of…
Experiment measures velocity in 3-D
Many of today’s scientific processes are simulated using computer-driven mathematical models. But for a model to…
Two new porcelain crab species discovered
Two new porcelain crab species have been described in the ZooKeys journal by scientists from the…