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A New Sensor Could Spot Peanut Disease Before Farmers Can See It
A fungal disease can move through a peanut field long before its damage becomes obvious. That is why a new development from researchers at Virginia…
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New Zealand Is Teaching Cameras to See Inside Apples Without Cutting Them Open
A bruised or overripe apple can look perfectly healthy from the outside. That creates a costly problem for growers and exporters. Fruit can spend weeks…
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How AI and Satellites Could Help Communities Prepare for Drought
Drought is often treated as a crisis that begins when water has already become scarce. But by then, farmers, pastoralists and communities may already be…
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The Circular Economy Looks Different Across the Global South
The circular economy is often presented through images of advanced recycling plants, smart factories and high-tech waste systems. But new research suggests that this picture…
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Can Data Centres Help Build a Cleaner Energy System?
Artificial intelligence is expanding rapidly, but behind every AI model are physical data centres that consume large amounts of electricity and water. New policy measures…
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Australia Wants New Data Centre’s to Bring Their Own Clean Energy
The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence is creating a new sustainability challenge: how do we power the enormous computing infrastructure behind AI without adding equally…
