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Assessing the Feasibility of Vertical Farming as a Sustainable Solution to Food Production [PDF]

SHS Web of Conferences
The current global food production system faces significant challenges, including limited land availability, fluctuating temperatures, and inefficient supply chains.
Al-Farouni Mohammed, Hussein Abbas Hameed Abdul, Ravinder Rathod   +2 more
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Coordinated Architectural and Chemical Reinforcement in the Crushing Mandible of a Soldier Termite

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
The crushing mandible of a soldier termite withstands substantial biting loads despite lacking mineral. Its cuticle is partitioned: convex teeth pair hardness and zinc enrichment with aligned chitin fibers for contact durability, while stiffer concave regions between teeth carry bending loads.
Andrew Tran Nguyen, Patryk Wąsik, Juan Fernando Cucuyame Morales, Marie Kate Palau, Adrian Francisco Duran Ornelas, Phani Saketh Dasika, Jin Hee Kim, Radhika Laxminarayana, Eric Hintsala, Greta Chang, Junzhi Liao, Lizhi Sun, Nathan Lord, Atsushi Arakaki, Paul Bardunias, Pablo Zavattieri, David Kisailus   +16 more
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Different Spatial Configurations of LED Light Sources Enhance Growth in Tomato Seedlings by Influencing Photosynthesis, CO₂ Assimilation, and Endogenous Hormones

Plants
Sub-optimal light environments in controlled agricultural settings often limit the productivity of plants. While LED supplementary lighting has been widely adopted to mitigate light deficiencies, the spatial arrangement of LED light sources remains a ...
Xiting Yang, Shuya Wang, Wenkai Liu, Shuchao Huang, Yandong Xie, Xin Meng, Zhaozhuang Li, Ning Jin, Li Jin, Jian Lyu, Jihua Yu   +10 more
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Vertical farming with an emphasis in microgreens: A review [PDF]

Greenhouse Plant Production Journal
With the world's population increasing and a large percentage of this population living in urban areas, the need for efficient and low-consumption agricultural methods is becoming more and more necessary.
saeed nooriyan, Hamid Reza Roosta
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Boosting Conversion Efficiency in Zn3P2/InP Solar Cells Via Nanoscale Junction Engineering

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study demonstrates the efficacy of selective area epitaxy (SAE) in enhancing the conversion efficiency of a Zn3P2${\rm Zn}_3{\rm P}_2$/InP heterojunction solar cell. The impact of the SAE pattern dimensions on the performance parameters is investigated. Small size opening limits Jsc because of current crowding whereas large size opening limits Voc
Raphael Lemerle, Valerio Piazza, Andrea Filippo, Melanie Micali, Luna Warzawa, Thomas Hagger, Kamil Wodzislawski, Julien Hurni, Valentin Biselli, Ioannis Kalogerakis, Konstantinos Rogdakis, George Viskadouros, Emmanuel Kymakis, Esther Alarcon‐Llado, Anna Fontcuberta i Morral   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hierarchical Multi-Stage Framework for Robust and Explainable Tomato Leaf Disease Identification

IEEE Access
Accurate identification of tomato leaf diseases is essential for improving crop health management and reducing agricultural losses. However, the wide variety of tomato diseases, the limited availability of real-world datasets, and the variability of ...
Lima Hamad, Qutaiba Ananzeh, Malik Salameh, Abdalrahman Salem, Mohammad Alshboul, Mahmoud Al-Ayyoub   +5 more
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Biomass Resource Management and Increasing the Yield of Biogas Production in the Farm: A Review [PDF]

Journal of Advances in Environmental Health Research
Anaerobic digestion (AD) converts animal and agricultural waste into biogas, offering significant benefits for waste management and renewable energy production.
Amin Pirmoghani, Rashed Mohammadrezaei, Behzad Shahmoradi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Chitin‐Derived Carbon‐Metal Functional Materials

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Functional carbon materials are synthesized from combination of biopolymer (chitin) and iron precursors. The resultant material exhibits superior surface area and adsorptive properties compared to carbon materials synthesized directly from pure chitin.
Herry Fang, Chao Hsuan (Joseph) Sung, Haitao Yu, Ezra Sarmiento, Katarina Kotanchek, Ryan Christopher Lee, Michelle Chan, David Kisailus   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advancements in 3D field-crop phenotyping using point clouds: a comparative review of sensor technology, target traits, and challenges under controlled and field conditions

Frontiers in Plant Science
3D phenotyping refers to the quantitative characterization of a plant’s structural and morphological traits in three-dimensional space, allowing for a detailed analysis of plant architecture and growth patterns. In recent years, rapid advancements in non-
Emmanuel Omia, Eunsung Park, Dennis Semyalo, Rahul Joshi, Byoung-Kwan Cho, Byoung-Kwan Cho   +5 more
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Gradient‐Conductivity Architecture Enables Synchronous Enhancement of Sensitivity and Detection Range in Multifunctional All‐Paper Sensors

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A gradient‐engineered all‐paper sensor is fabricated by integrating MXene and in situ grown AgNPs within hierarchical cellulose networks. The device breaks the sensitivity–detection range trade‐off through cascaded conductive pathways, enabling ultrahigh pressure sensitivity, humidity–pressure decoupled dual‐mode sensing, and outstanding EMI shielding,
Ao Li, Jun Xu, Dezhong Xu, Zhaohui Zhang, Jiyi Li, Daxian Cao, Kefu Chen, Mizi Fan   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source