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Ammonia is commonly used in commercial crop fertilizers, which in turn can pollute waterways when they run off of fields. New research, however, suggests that engineered bacteria could one day take the place of such fertilizers.Continue ReadingCategory… Continue reading Engineered ammonia-producing bacteria could replace crop fertilizers
Stefano Boeri Architetti continues its incredibly successful line of greenery-filled towers – or Vertical Forests – with the completion of its Easyhome Huanggang Vertical Forest City Complex in central China. The project includes two residential towers… Continue reading Greenery-covered towers are a breath of fresh air for China
Certain pictures draw attention like no other, and that’s what happened when we stumbled upon a Twitter post about “resuscitating supermarket garlic” by [Robots Everywhere]. The more we looked at …read more Continue reading Aeroponic Cell Grows Garlic, Forwards CellSol Packets
The DNA mutations that drive evolution are generally thought to be fairly random, but a new study suggests there’s some order to the chaos. Comparing the genomes of hundreds of plants grown in a lab, a team of scientists has found that mutations are fa… Continue reading Evolution study suggests DNA mutations are less random than we thought
For many years now, people in parts of Africa have used a tea made from the crushed leaves of a certain plant to treat malaria. Scientists recently identified the active ingredient, and believe that it could be used in alternative pharmaceutical treatm… Continue reading Plant extract could treat malaria when conventional drugs fail
We’ve seen a good many indoor growing systems over the years, aimed at supplying users who perhaps don’t have an outdoor garden with a steady supply of greens throughout the year. Many of these have been Kickstarters, but now LG is looking to get in on… Continue reading LG’s smart indoor gardening system offers growers year-round veggies
Not only are herbicides harmful to the environment, but they’re also one more expense for the farmers who use them. That’s where the Greeneye selective spraying system comes in, as it’s claimed to only dispense herbicide when weeds are detected.Continu… Continue reading Greeneye herbicide tech selectively sprays weeds only
While manually hoeing weeds out of crops can be very time- and labor-intensive, spraying those crops with herbicides is definitely not eco-friendly. A German consortium is developing a third choice, in the form of the AMU-Bot weed-killing robot.Continu… Continue reading AMU-Bot robot kills weeds as it makes its way through crops
With large high-tech sustainable farming facilities located in Northern California and Texas, Silicon Valley-based startup Iron Ox relies heavily on robots to help shoulder the workload. The company’s latest bot, named Grover, can lift over 1,000 lb (4… Continue reading Grover robot does the heavy lifting in high-tech greenhouses
Researchers have isolated a compound from an Australian desert shrub with a long history of medicinal use by the Indigenous peoples of Australia that could help cancer patients better respond to chemotherapy.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, ScienceTa… Continue reading Ancient Australian plant promises to expand chemotherapy effectiveness