After sensing dangerous chemicals, the carbon-nanotube-enhanced plants send an alert. Spinach is no longer just a superfood: By embedding leaves with carbon nanotubes, MIT engineers have tra... Read more
Unused TV spectrum and drones could help make smart farms a reality ON THE Dancing Crow farm in Washington, sunflowers and squashes soak up the rich autumn sunshine beside a row of solar pan... Read more
Scientists plan to fight insect pests by turning their own hormones against them An international research project funded by the EU’s Horizon 2020 program will develop new pest control metho... Read more
Comparing an unmanned aerial vehicle to a magnetic resonance imaging machine may seem odd, but that is how the director of the Mississippi State University Geosystems Research Institute sees... Read more
A way of making hundreds – or even thousands – of tiny robots cluster to carry out tasks without using any memory or processing power has been developed by engineers at the Unive... Read more
Working closely with farmers to use the right input, at the right time, at the right place, and in the right amount can improve crop yields. Raj Khosla, PhD, and other agronomists have demon... Read more
“Precision agriculture will aid efforts to improve food security and also crop quality” Precision agriculture promises to make farming more efficient and should have an important... Read more
Children with anger issues show a drop in anger after playing ‘RAGE Control’ Children with serious anger problems can be helped by a simple video game that hones their ability to... Read more
