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There's a big molecule, a protein, inside the leaves of most plants. It's called Rubisco, which is short for an actual chemical name that's very long and hard to remember. Amanda Cavanagh, a biologist and post-doctoral researcher at the University of Illinois, calls herself a big fan of Rubisco.

Scientists Have 'Hacked Photosynthesis'...

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Updated 9 days ago

RIPPA, a fully autonomous robot, can cover five acres a day on a solar charge - finding and exterminating pests and weeds on every single plant over the equivalent of four football fields. Are robots like RIPPA the future of farming? RIPPA stands for "Robot for Intelligent Perception and Precision Application".

RIPPA The Farm Robot Exterminates Pests...

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25 days ago

A Review of The End of Animal Farming: How Scientists, Entrepreneurs, and Activists Are Building an Animal-Free Food System, by Jacy Reese (Beacon Press, November 6 2018, 240 pages). In a world distressingly full of evil, we can discern moral progress by looking at the benighted past.

A World Without Animal Farming -...

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Updated 17 days ago

By 2050, more than half of meat, dairy, and eggs in high-income countries could be animal-free.

Can we end animal farming by the end of...

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Updated 2 months ago

The Finnish company Solar Foods, producing proteins using only air and electricity as the main resources, has been selected for the Business Incubation Programme of the European Space Agency (ESA). The goal for Solar Foods is to develop a system for producing proteins for space flights to Mars.

Solar Foods Ltd. - Producing...

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Updated 3 months ago

Growing food without plants or animals sounds far-fetched. But it could stop environmental destruction, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Electric food - the new sci-fi diet...

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Updated 3 months ago

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