Regenerative agriculture – a set of practices aiming to heal degraded soils and combat climate change, is attracting increasing interest from investors. A recent conference, Regenerative Agriculture: The Science, Economics and Practice, held at SCI headquarters in February, highlighted the potential of this approach to reshape both the environment and the business landscape. Concerns about soil degradation and climate change are driving increased interest around regenerative agriculture. It focuses on practices like reduced tillage, cover cropping, and livestock integration to improve soil health.
Korean researchers have grown animal muscle and fat cells inside rice grains to produce a hybrid food that could offer a more affordable protein alternative to beef, and with a smaller carbon footprint.
A new frontier in clean energy exploration could be emerging thanks to the developing concept of stimulated hydrogen production, with the US making early moves to establish itself as the global leader in the field. In February, the US Department of Energy (DoE) announced an initial $20m of funding for 16 projects exploring the development of stimulated hydrogen technologies – methods to accelerate, concentrate, scale and capture the earth’s natural production of hydrogen.
A low-power sensor that uses AI techniques to detect formaldehyde in real time has been developed at the University of Cambridge, UK (Science, doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adk6856).