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First virtual all-day event: What is the future of food?

First virtual all-day event: What is the future of food?

9 December 2020

Thousands of people participated in New Scientist's first all-day virtual event to get a glimpse of the future of food and agriculture from world-leading specialists. Layal Liverpool joined them
Inside China's attempt to boost crop yields with electric fields

Inside China's attempt to boost crop yields with electric fields

21 August 2019

In greenhouses across China, scientists are exposing lettuces and cucumbers to powerful electric fields in an attempt to make them grow faster. Can electroculture work?

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