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 ...

Solid-state lithium-metal batteries (SSLMBs) are the holy-grail of next-generation energy storage, but their commercialization has been stymied by dendrite growth, fragile interfaces, and the ...

Abstract: In this article, an antenna system sensor for soil moisture sensing is proposed. The antenna sensor comprises the parasitic irregular structure-based double-spiral resonator (PI-DSR), the ...

Most engineers don’t suit up with gardening gloves, but Navid Shaghaghi M.S. ’14 isn’t most engineers. When he’s not in the classroom, the engineering lecturer likes getting his hands dirty. Donning a ...

Arduino has shrunk the UNO R4 with the Arduino Nano R4 board equipped with the same 48 MHz Renesas RA4M1 32-bit Arm Cortex-M4F microcontroller, but offered in a much more compact form factor. It’s ...

Abstract: Soil moisture monitoring is essential for optimizing irrigation strategies, enhancing crop yields, and conserving water resources in precision agriculture. Traditional sensing methods often ...

In recent years, the emergence of sensor technologies has highlighted the key role of in situ soil moisture measurement in various hydrological, agricultural, and ecological applications. However, the ...

A new way to make large ultrathin infrared sensors that don’t need cryogenic cooling could radically change night vision for the military or even autonomous vehicles. In a study published today in ...