Aboveground biomass (AGB) of rice, vital for carbon pool and yield estimation, is traditionally measured through labor-intensive manual sampling. Recent advancements employ remote sensing, particularly unmanned aerial vehicles ...
Biotechnology
Nov 27, 2023
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Optical scientists have found a new way to significantly increase the power of fiber lasers while maintaining their beam quality, making them a future key defense technology against low-cost drones and for use in other applications ...
Optics & Photonics
Nov 20, 2023
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New research from the University of Oxford has revealed that bumblebees cannot taste pesticides present in nectar, even at lethal concentrations. This means bumblebees are not able to avoid contaminated nectar, putting them ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 16, 2023
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Protecting forests globally could vastly increase the amount of carbon they sequester, a new study finds, but given our current emissions track, does it really matter?
Environment
Nov 13, 2023
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The University of Córdoba is participating in the creation of the first database that harmonizes the recording of disturbances caused by insects and diseases in forests in eight European countries by combining remote sensing, ...
Ecology
Nov 7, 2023
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If a delivery person leaves a package on your front step without pinging you, you likely won't know it's there. A hungry cell awaiting refuel is in a similar position. It has to be alerted to the presence of nutrients outside ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 6, 2023
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Researchers at the University of California, Davis, have developed a web application to help farmers and industry workers use drones and other uncrewed aerial vehicles, or UAVs, to generate the best possible data. By helping ...
Biotechnology
Oct 27, 2023
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In a recent study, scientists from the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) investigated the performance of a commercial Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Radio ...
Environment
Oct 27, 2023
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Lidar technology improvements will help NASA scientists and explorers with remote sensing and surveying, mapping, 3D-image scanning, hazard detection and avoidance, and navigation.
Space Exploration
Oct 25, 2023
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Hikes in grocery prices—11% last year alone—often arise from factors outside of governments' control, whether it's bird flu driving up egg costs or heavy rain and flooding in California drowning crops of veggies, nuts ...
Agriculture
Oct 24, 2023
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