Dirt. For millennia, the dark, rich soil underlying farms and gardens worldwide has been central to human survival. It’s also a lot more complex than it looks. Within every clump of soil lies an ...
Living on a hill near a gravel pit in Draper, Utah, Adrian Dybwad can see the dust rise from the pit when a strong wind blows. "I just wondered how much dust was generated," he said. His curiosity led ...
The new sensors, called the "Maryland HydroNet" and installed by the University of Maryland, will help local governments as well as those who live in flood prone areas track rising floodwaters in real ...
Tiny sensor breakthrough: A 1.7 mm optical sensor from Shanghai Jiao Tong University could give surgical robots a sense of touch. Enhanced surgical safety: The device detects unsafe contact and hidden ...
CU Boulder Today—A team of University of Colorado Boulder researchers is making reliable, inexpensive and easy-to-deploy sensors that monitor soil in real time as it, essentially, breathes in and out.