Monthly Archives: April 2016

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Automated farming: good news for food security, bad news for job security?

Around the world, but especially in the developing world, food and farming systems continue to rely on 20th century technology. But this is changing. The same information technologies that brought us the internet and transformations in medicine are now revolutionising farming. It’s a new era for agriculture and it’s taking off in at least two [...]

By |2019-12-08T11:43:35+08:00April 12th, 2016|Uncategorized|0 Comments

University of Copenhagen have discovered reverse photosynthesis

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have discovered a natural process they describe as reverse photosynthesis. In the process, the energy in solar rays breaks down, rather than builds plant material, as is the case with photosynthesis. The sunlight is collected by chlorophyll, the same molecule as used in photosynthesis. Combined with a specific enzyme [...]

By |2019-12-08T11:48:20+08:00April 5th, 2016|Copenhagen, Uncategorized, University|0 Comments