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Precision irrigation robot shows how soil variation changes water needs, reducing waste and boosting orchard efficiency.

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The fudge factory is where the magic happens. Workers pour hot fudge onto big marble slabs. They use giant paddles to spread ...

This is the Experimental Lab at Givaudan, one of the world’s largest fragrance manufacturers, and the work these technicians ...

On a breezy afternoon last autumn in Cambridge, Mass., in a laboratory thrumming with the huff-whish-huff sound of ...

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