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NUS-SCELSE scientists uncover plant hormone that can boost plant growth by 30%

This exciting discovery holds great promise for sustainable food security across diverse soils and crops Scientists from NUS and the Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE) have uncovered one of nature’s most potent tool in an arsenal to combat today’s agricultural challenges: agro-microbials – or agro-chemicals of natural origin – that can enhance…

Governor Murphy and Princeton announce plans to establish an artificial intelligence hub in New Jersey

The initiative will bring together AI researchers, industry leaders, start-up companies, and other collaborators to advance research and development New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy joined University President Christopher L. Eisgruber on Monday to announce plans to create an artificial intelligence innovation hub for the state, in collaboration with the New Jersey Economic Development Authority. “With…

8 ways Bloomberg Philanthropies advanced public innovation in 2023

"The core of our decade-plus support of cities is focused on developing better public-sector leaders, inspiring ambitious policy innovation, building more effective city halls, and spreading great ideas at scale" This article is from Bloomberg Cities, which is run by Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Government Innovation program. At Bloomberg Philanthropies, we know that city leaders are on the…

Brain gain: Europe’s big advances in neuroscience

EU researchers are coming up with new ways to tackle the range of illnesses tied to the human body’s most complex organ In the southern French city of Marseille, health researchers have developed a way to operate more effectively on epilepsy patients. In Milan in northern Italy, scientists have come up with better methods to…

1 in 3 Europeans won’t pay high electric vehicle premium, report finds

An end-of-year study conducted by Escalent has found that one in three Europeans (34%) don’t want to pay a high electric vehicle premium over a petrol vehicle The report also found this is a particular issue in Germany and Spain, where nearly half of new-car buyers (45%) expect the cost of an electric vehicle premium…

Frost & Sullivan Released the Emerging Asia-Pacific Hybrid Cloud Market Report, 2022

Hybrid cloud service combines the advantage of both public and private cloud, ensuring data security and resource flexibility at the same time Frost & Sullivan released Emerging Asia-Pacific Hybrid Cloud Market Report, 2022, on December 18th, 2023. Hybrid cloud is a computing environment that connects public, private and edge clouds via a virtual network. Hybrid…

Twenty-year study confirms California forests are healthier when burned — or thinned

UC Berkeley researchers found that prescribed burning, restoration thinning can reduce wildfire risk and boost a forest’s resilience to climate change. And, using any combination of these treatments is far better than doing nothing A 20-year experiment in the Sierra Nevada confirms that different forest management techniques — prescribed burning, restoration thinning or a combination…

Andrea Battaglia Appointed as the New CEO of FIWARE Foundation

“Our mission is to keep making FIWARE a global standard and continue to drive innovation in all target industries, Enterprise Edge, IoT, and beyond, to pave the way for a digital and sustainable future” FIWARE announced today that Andrea Battaglia will become the foundation’s next Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of…

Generative AI Boost Can Boost Productivity Without Replacing Workers

The first large-scale study of a ChatGPT-like assistant in the workplace finds that it can benefit less experienced employees — and make customers happier Since generative AI went mainstream a year ago, it has inspired an equal measure of hype and fear. Boosters of tools such as ChatGPT and DALL-E predict that they will transform…

Gastronomy tourism project for Ubud, Indonesia

Within the framework of Indonesia’s annual Tourism National Coordinative Meeting, the project’s final report was presented to the Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, Sandiaga Uno, and to the Gianyar Regional Government The UNWTO Gastronomy Tourism Product Development Project in Ubud was developed with the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy with the aim of growing gastronomy…