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Researchers Design Sensors to Quickly Identify Plant Hormonal Agents

Nanosensors developed at the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) can detect synthetic auxin plant hormones NAA and 2,4-D. Credits: The Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology. Scientists from the Disruptive and Sustainable Technologies for Agricultural Precision (DiSTAP) interdisciplinary research study team of the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT's research study...

Researchers Finally Find an Universal Formula for the Shape of an Egg

Scientists from the University of Kent, the Research Institute for Environment Treatment, and Vita-Market Ltd have found the universal mathematical formula that can explain any bird's egg existing in nature, which has been unsuccessful previously. Egg-shape has long drawn in the interest of mathematicians, engineers, and biologists from an analytical point of view. The shape...

Agriculture: the Key to Driving Climate Change Response

Credit: Photomontage / Shutterstock.com In the time of climate change, a panel of organic farmers discussed farming trials. It highlighted how the people and the planet have primary importance now that agriculture is most favorable. The severe growth of the impact of raising climate change on a liable system poses a substantial threat to the livelihoods...