They hope to mass produce the sensors for as little as $5 each Crop growers, wine grape and other fruit growers, food processors and even concrete makers all benefit from water sensors for a... Read more
A simple mixture of organic waste, such as chicken manure, and zeolite, a porous volcanic rock, has been developed into a powerful fertiliser which can also reclaim desert or contaminated la... Read more
A major new technology has been developed by The University of Nottingham, which enables all of the world’s crops to take nitrogen from the air rather than expensive and environmentall... Read more
Scientists are seeking greener ways to make silver nanoparticles Already renowned for its beneficial effects on human health, green tea could have a new role — along with other natural plant... Read more
The plants contain significantly more biomass for fuel production Hydrogen sulfide, the pungent stuff often referred to as sewer gas, is a deadly substance implicated in several mass extinct... Read more
Organisms may one day turn an electrical current into a rich source of organic compounds for biofuels. The reason we’re hooked on oil, and its climate warming derivatives, is the astonishing... Read more
Oil would have to cost only about $72 per barrel for larger duckweed refiners to be cost-competitive. The search for a less-expensive, sustainable source of biomass, or plant material, for p... Read more
A machine that helps lettuce farmers is just one of several robots intended to automate aspects of agriculture and horticulture LETTUCE is California’s main vegetable crop. The state grew $1... Read more
Farmers could grow wheat and rice in hotter, dryer environments with less fertilizer, while possibly increasing yields by half With projections of 9.5 billion people by 2050, humankind faces... Read more
“Although we regularly cut it, it’s six-and-a-half meters tall.” Tobacco plants bloom when they are just a few months old – and then they die. Now, researchers have located a genetic s... Read more
It is getting much attention as a sustainable substitute for raw materials now obtained from petroleum In a new approach for tapping biomass as a sustainable raw material, scientists are rep... Read more
These results from this study provide hope that a viable alternative to fossil fuels may soon be available. With increasing demands for sustainable energy, being able to cost-efficiently pro... Read more
Bio-electricity from plants could produce as much as 3.2 Watt per square metre of plant growth An unexpected source of new, clean energy has been found: the Plant-Microbial Fuel Cell that ca... Read more
Algae could offer an alternative to the controversial use of land plants in bioenergy production. Astonishing research finding by biologists at Bielefeld University published in the online j... Read more