Nanotech Goes Country: MEMS Chips To Measure Water Stress Down On The Farm
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If the Fourth finds you with California Chardonnay in one hand and Sweet Georgia Corn in the other, then take a moment to reflect on just how much of your Independence Day feast is dependent on irrigation. In this age of dwindling water resources, it''s a subject that Alan Lakso, a Cornell Universit...
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