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Phenotyping and sensor technology for food production

Dr Sumanta Talukdar, Founder & CEO of Gardin, takes us through the importance of digital phenotyping in agriculture, his views on the sector and what he thinks the future holds for food production. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 09, 2024•5 min

Hydrogen: advantages and disadvantages

Today's is a world whose theme of environmental sustainability is also often linked to communication dynamics, especially when analyzing the theme of road transport which is often the subject of questionable and contradictory analyses. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 08, 2024•4 min

What happens when you mix cannabis and tobacco?

Mixing cannabis and nicotine isn’t uncommon – especially in Europe, Australia, and Israel. Many people enjoy mixing the two substances to create a unique “high”; some swear it heightens the effects of THC while others claim to not feel much from weed without nicotine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 05, 2024•4 min

Red meat is not a health risk.

Studies have been linking red meat consumption to health problems like heart disease, stroke, and cancer for years. But nestled in the recesses of those published papers are notable limitations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 03, 2024•5 min

Warming of 2 C would release billions of tons of soil carbon

Global warming of 2°C would lead to about 230 billion tonnes of carbon being released from the world’s soil, new research suggests. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johannpretorius/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 25, 2024•2 min

Hydrogen for clean energy could be produced from seawater

Clean energy is a top priority for countries worldwide. While conventional power relies on fossil fuels like coal, natural gas, and oil, clean energy comes in various forms such as solar, wind, geothermal, hydroelectric, and biomass. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 18, 2024•6 min

Researchers find a 'kernel of truth' in the urgent fight against tar spot of corn

Although discovered in the United States only seven years ago, tar spot has wreaked havoc on corn yield—resulting in an estimated 1.2-billion-dollar loss in 2021 alone. The miscreant behind this devastating plant disease, Phyllachora maydis, is an emergent fungal pathogen whose biology remains obscure. This lack of understanding significantly limits disease management strategies, and no corn germplasm is completely resistant to the pathogen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform...

Jun 17, 2024•3 min

What is Commercial Farming?

Commercial agriculture, or otherwise known as agribusiness, is a cropping method in which crops are raised and livestock are raised in order to sell the products on the market in order to make money. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 14, 2024•3 min

Electric mobility, Eye on 2035.

2035 is approaching and after the definitive ok from the European Union relating to the ban on the sale of endothermic engines, the road is precisely that from 2035 and we must organize ourselves to follow it, thanks to the fact that the transition from endothermic to electric means for the manufacturers a complete and total revision of the design and construction schemes of the vehicles as well as a remodulation of the product lines. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jun 11, 2024•3 min

Why humans walk on two legs

There’s no trait that distinguishes humans from all other mammals more clearly than the way we walk. Human habitual bipedalism – obligatory walking on two legs – has long been a defining trait of our species, as well as our ancestors as far back as 4.5 million years ago. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 10, 2024•5 min

What's the latest on GMOs and gene-edited foods.

Advances in genetic engineering have given rise to an era of foods—including genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and gene-edited foods—that promise to revolutionize the way we eat. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 04, 2024•6 min

Support for Climate Action

People across the world worry about climate change, but that concern alone doesn’t translate into support for climate mitigation policies. That’s our finding based on a recent survey designed to better illustrate how people perceive the risks from climate change and their support for government climate actions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 31, 2024•4 min

Lithium’s next big risk is grand supply plans falling short

Rampant lithium demand has caught many forecasters by surprise, with booming global EV sales causing consumption to double over the past two years. With suppliers unable to keep pace, a blistering price rally sent the total spot value of lithium consumption rocketing to about $35 billion in 2022, up from $3-billion in 2020, according to Bloomberg calculations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 28, 2024•4 min

Dreaming the impossible dream: the 1.5Celcius climate target

Fifteen years ago, a 1.5Celsius limit on global warming—championed by small island nations worried about sea level rise—was rejected by most scientists as unrealistic and by most countries as unnecessary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 27, 2024•5 min
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