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Scientists take step to improve crops’ photosynthesis, yields

16.08.2021 | Cornell University | www.cornell.edu

In order to feed a projected 9 billion people by 2050, farmers need to grow 50% more food on a limited amount of arable land. As a result, plant scientists are in a race against time to engineer…

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Scientists take step to improve crops’ photosynthesis, yields

Self-Watering Soil Could Transform Farming

04.11.2020 | University of Texas at Austin | www.utexas.edu

A new type of soil created by engineers at The University of Texas at Austin can pull water from the air and distribute it to plants, potentially expanding the map of farmable land around the globe…

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Self-Watering Soil Could Transform Farming

E. coli bacteria offer path to improving photosynthesis

23.09.2020 | Cornell University | www.cornell.edu

Scientists have engineered a key plant enzyme and introduced it in Escherichia coli bacteria in order to create an optimal experimental environment for studying how to speed up photosynthesis, a holy…

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E. coli bacteria offer path to improving photosynthesis

Producing leather-like materials from fungi

09.09.2020 | Phys.org | www.phys.org

Traditional leather and its alternatives are typically obtained from animals and synthetic polymers. Leather can be considered a co-product of meat production with both livestock farming and the…

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Producing leather-like materials from fungi

Portable DNA device can detect tree pests in under two hours

20.07.2020 | Phys.org | www.phys.org

Asian gypsy moths feed on a wide range of important plants and trees. White pine blister rust can kill young trees in only a couple of years. But it's not always easy to detect the presence of these…

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Portable DNA device can detect tree pests in under two hours

Parasite infestations revealed by tiny chicken backpacks

13.07.2020 | EurekAlert | eurekalert.org

To help farmers detect mite infestations, a team of entomologists, computer scientists, and biologists led by UC Riverside entomologist Amy Murillo has created a new insect detection system. The team…

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Parasite infestations revealed by tiny chicken backpacks

New sensor could help prevent food waste

24.03.2020 | MIT | www.mit.edu

As flowers bloom and fruits ripen, they emit a colorless, sweet-smelling gas called ethylene. MIT chemists have now created a tiny sensor that can detect this gas in concentrations as low as 15 parts…

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New sensor could help prevent food waste

Artificial meat is now made in space

14.10.2019 | AFP | www.afp.com

Creating meat from cells is no longer the realm of science fiction: a Russian cosmonaut did it aboard the International Space Station, and it is just a matter of time before these products arrive in…

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Installing solar panels on agricultural lands maximizes their efficiency

09.08.2019 | Oregon State University | oregonstate.edu

The most productive places on Earth for solar power are farmlands, according to an Oregon State University study.

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Installing solar panels on agricultural lands maximizes their efficiency

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Scientists take step to improve crops’ photosynthesis, yields

Self-Watering Soil Could Transform Farming

E. coli bacteria offer path to improving photosynthesis

Producing leather-like materials from fungi

Portable DNA device can detect tree pests in under two hours

Parasite infestations revealed by tiny chicken backpacks

New sensor could help prevent food waste

Artificial meat is now made in space

Installing solar panels on agricultural lands maximizes their efficiency