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Sensors that detect plant signaling molecules can reveal when crops are experiencing too much light or heat, or attack from insects or microbes.

Sensors applied to plant leaves warn of water shortage

After sensing dangerous chemicals, the carbon-nanotube-enhanced plants send an alert.

Some can aid the climate by removing pollutants. Others would just avoid dirtying the environment in the first place.

New 2D Material That is Stronger Than Steel and as Light as Plastic - Industry Tap

Researchers developed the first nanosensor that can detect and distinguish gibberellins, a class of hormones in plants that are important for growth. The carbon nanotube sensors could have many applications for agriculture and plant biotechnology.

Researchers from Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory (TLL) and the Disruptive & Sustainable Technologies for Agricultural Precision (DiSTAP) Interdisciplinary Research Group (IRG) of Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), the research arm of MIT in Singapore, have created the first ever nanosensors capable of detecting and differentiating gibberellins (GAs), a class of hormones in plants that are crucial for growth.

Researchers from the Disruptive & Sustainable Technologies for Agricultural Precision (DiSTAP) Interdisciplinary Research Group (IRG) of Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT’s research enterprise in Singapore and their collaborators from Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory (TLL) have developed the first ever nanosensor that can detect and distinguish gibberellins (GAs), a class of hormones in plants that are important for growth.

Earlier this week, the Dept. of Energy announced a breakthrough in "hot" nuclear fusion: A net gain of energy from the fusion experiment at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in [...]

Taking advantage of a phenomenon known as emergent behavior, MIT engineers have designed simple microparticles that can collectively generate complex behavior. Working together, the microparticles can generate a beating clock that oscillates at a very low frequency. These oscillations can then be harnessed to power tiny robotic devices.