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Researchers Develop Smart, Farm-Ready, Solar-Powered Environmental Sensor to Monitor Field Corps

Researchers at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, a not-for-profit research institute with a mission to improve the human condition through plant science, are leveraging expertise in crop phenotyping with the development of the PheNode, a ‘smart’, farm-ready, solar-powered environmental sensor and phenotyping station for crops.

2 Nov 2016

Spanish Scientists Revolutionize Smart Meters’ Market with Wireless Sensor

Spanish scientists are concentrating on revolutionizing the smart meters’ market using wireless sensors that have software and hardware integrated within it.

27 Oct 2016

New Technology Solution to Extend Life of Wind Turbine Towers and Reduce Failures

Aquaterra Energy and Proeon Systems have developed a cost-saving, integrated structural monitoring system to improve the integrity of offshore wind structures.

11 Oct 2016

NSF Grant Enhances Design of Microcontrollers Working in Harsh Environments

Jia Di, computer engineering professor from the University of Arkansas, was awarded a $349,198 by the National Science Foundation in order to improve his design of microcontrollers that can work in harsh environmental conditions, such as space.

2 Sep 2016

Grant Given to Study Air Pollution Monitoring in Chicago

Seven Chicago organizations and three Kansas State University researchers have received a $750,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to investigate whether affordable portable air pollution monitoring devices could enhance air quality in Chicago.

11 Aug 2016

MNT Receives Phase II SBIR Contract to Develop New Atmospheric Monitoring System, GlobalSense

Mano NanoTechnologies, Inc. (MNT) has received the second phase of a Small Business Innovation Research contract from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to develop and demonstrate a new atmospheric monitoring system known as GlobalSense.

2 Aug 2016

Testo and Ashtead Announce New Partnership

Testo, a global leader in portable measurement technology, has appointed Ashtead Technology as platinum distributor for its portable emissions analysers, the Testo 340 and 350. As part of the agreement, Ashtead also becomes Testo’s Preferred Rental Partner for this equipment

From Ashtead Technology 2 Aug 2016

Particle Measuring Systems Releases FacilityPro 5010 System for Environmental Monitoring

Particle Measuring Systems has released the FacilityPro® 5010 System, a new industrial automation solution for environmental monitoring.

29 Jul 2016

MIT Researchers Help Measure Emissions in World’s Most Polluted Cities

In Delhi, India’s capital, the blue sky is partially becoming a very rare sight especially during winter, when a thick white haze suffocates the city. David Hagan, an MIT PhD candidate studying atmospheric chemistry and a Fellow in the MIT Tata Center for Technology and Design, states that the quality of air in the is quantifiably considered to be the worst at a global level.

17 Jun 2016

Ultra-Precise Sensing Technology Could Benefit Environmental Hydrology Sectors

University of Queensland has carried out a new research on quantum technology that would benefit the minerals exploration, navigation, mining, and environmental hydrology sectors.

13 Jun 2016