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Southern Illinois University Carbondale researchers are working to design a robot and program its artificial intelligence models. The goal is to detect soybean diseases before symptoms appear.
Read the original →A new taxonomy-aware segmentation framework links every diseased pixel to both its host crop and its disease. It delivers state-of-the-art results on field benchmarks and strong zero-shot transfer.
Read the original →A new knowledge distillation framework compresses three large neural networks into a 6.97 MB model. The model classifies rice diseases, localizes infections, and quantifies severity on a budget smartphone.
Read the original →Researchers built an occlusion-aware machine learning framework that predicts annual building-integrated photovoltaic facade yield. It covers 62 cities and four climate groups, with errors below ten.
Read the original →CropX has been onboarded as a co-collaborator, providing data and sensors to help the farm make irrigation and crop management decisions.
Read the original →New advances in nanotechnology, AI and controlled-release fertilizers could reshape micronutrient management. Field results remain essential.
Read the original →Cattle could be screened for bovine tuberculosis (bTB) using an AI-powered eye scan. The technology is being developed by Scottish researchers.
Read the original →Nilekani said tasks such as coding can increasingly be handled by artificial intelligence. He said other roles will emerge to manage the technology's deployment and its risks.
Read the original →The Nigerian Government urged universities to strengthen governance, accountability and regulatory compliance while adopting AI and digital technologies. Minister of State for Education Prof. Suwaiba Ahmad made the call at the 2026 retreat of the National Universities Commission and vice-chancellors of Nigerian universities.
Read the original →The Nandan Nilekani-backed growth-stage fund plans to invest ₹100-200 crore each in 12-15 AI and deeptech companies over the next two to three years. It has a hard cap of ₹3,500 crore.
Read the original →The symposium commemorates the national strategic special zone designation of the Tokachi AI Agriculture Special Zone. It will be held in Obihiro on November 14.
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