Posts by Alex Mead

Horticulture is set for major upscale and expansion in the far north

Australasian Farmers’ & Dealers’ Journal, Other, 15/03/2021 In a region long touted as a major food bowl, our scientists are […]

This robot adjusts the length of its legs when stepping from grass to concrete

AlphaGalileo, Other, 16/03/2021 This is the first quadruped robot that is able to automatically adapt its morphology to different conditions […]

Eating, growing, exporting: could insects be the world’s next biggest protein?

ABC Online, Other, 15/03/2021 Insects - the smallest livestock in the world - could be the next big food trend, […]

Clean tech: the great green opportunity?

@AuManufacturing, Other, 15/03/2021, Brent Balinski It's one of the six manufacturing sectors the federal government acknowledges as holding "comparative advantage […]

Beetles may be silver bullet for Tableland soils

The Express Newspaper, Other, 12/03/2021, Sally Turley Discoveries being made by local research group, "Dung Beetles on the Atherton Tablelands: […]

Australia’s RapidAIM gets funding to scale real-time pest management

AFN (AgFunder News), Other, 12/03/2021, Jack Ellis RapidAIM, an Australian agtech startup that’s developing a cost-effective monitoring system for crop […]

Syngenta Seeds and the Analytics Society of INFORMS announce finalists for the 2021 Syngenta Crop Challenge in Analytics

Yahoo! Finance, Other, 13/03/2021 5 min read Competition inspires cross-industry collaboration to accelerate innovation and improve complex crop breeding processes […]

How far should humans go to help species adapt?

Wired News, Other, 14/03/2021, Elizabeth Kolbert "I spent 15 years removing cats from fenced reserves and national parks," Katherine Moseby […]

‘Nudi nerds’ turn out for annual sea-slug count and find a blaze of underwater colour

ABC Online, Other, 14/03/2021, Susan Standen Slugs might make you think of garden pests that eat your vegies, but in […]