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Oil From Seeds Helps Propel SpiceJet

Oil From Seeds Helps Propel SpiceJet's First Bio Fuel Flight

A Bombardier Q400 aircraft made the one-way trip to New Delhi from the city of Dehradun. The private airline, SpiceJet plans to blend a quarter of its energy requirement with biofuel for flight operations, that would lower costs and help reduce carbon emissions by 15 percent.
A Chilling Discovery About Rice and Its Impact On Climate Change

A Chilling Discovery About Rice and Its Impact On Climate Change

A research group in China has revealed a signaling pathway that allows rice plants to tolerate low temperatures. Local temperature anomalies caused by global climate change directly threaten crop production, hence it is essential to obtain a better understanding of how plants withstand the cold.
AgBot II: A New Generation Tool for Robotic Site-Specific Crop and Weed Management

AgBot II: A New Generation Tool for Robotic Site-Specific Crop and Weed Management

QUT's AgBot II prototype is equipped with cameras, sensors and software and is designed to work in autonomous groups to navigate, detect and classify weeds and manage them either chemically or mechanically as well as apply fertilizer for site specific crop management. AgBot II is currently being trialed in the field.
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