Swedish and Spanish engineers have created a system of sensors that detects fruit odours more effectively than the human sense of smell. For now, the device can distinguish between the odorous compounds emitted by pears and ...
Engineering
May 8, 2013
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(Phys.org)—An innovative global observing system based on drifting sensors cycling from the surface to the ocean mid-depths is being celebrated by scientists today after reaching a major milestone – one million incredibly ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 12, 2012
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For over 11 years Jay Austin and his research team at the University of Minnesota Duluth have carefully tended to a crop of bright-yellow meteorological buoys floating on Lake Superior. Each buoy captures real-time data ...
Environment
Aug 30, 2024
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The "FruitWatch" initiative, a groundbreaking citizen science project, has significantly enhanced the accuracy of predicting flowering times for fruit trees across Great Britain. This improvement is vital for the agricultural ...
Agriculture
Jul 18, 2024
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Humankind has never before seen the low frequency radio sky. It is hidden from ground-based telescopes by the Earth's ionosphere and challenging to access from space with traditional missions because the long wavelengths ...
Astronomy
May 2, 2024
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Trust is a highly valuable asset for food supply chains, especially when it comes to exports. Buyers look for proof that rigorous regulations around food safety and other expectations have been met.
Agriculture
Jan 24, 2024
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In 1921, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Christian Lous Lange stated: "Technology is a useful servant but a dangerous master."
Social Sciences
May 31, 2023
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Have you ever wondered what a volcano looks like from space? Today, we're counting down our picks of the most impressive volcanoes around the world—captured by satellites.
Environment
Apr 10, 2023
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The magnitude and dynamics of the global biodiversity crisis are hard to quantify and require rapid, reliable and repeatable biodiversity monitoring data which decision makers can use to evaluate policy options. Such information—from ...
Ecology
Mar 28, 2023
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A new web-based app developed by a George Mason University professor visualizes near-real-time data collected from media sources on the ground in Ukraine. The app allows users to filter an interactive map of rapidly developing ...
Social Sciences
Mar 17, 2022
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