Getting fruits and vegetables onto the kitchen table is a stressful affair. Farmers constantly deal with pests, weather changes, pesticides, droughts, increased costs of running equipment and crop diseases. For example, the moth, Helicoverpa armigera, causes crop damage in excess of 5 billion dollars worldwide per year, while the 2008 floods in the U.S Midwest [...]

Nobody likes to admit it, but there is one thing everyone has in common: Urination. It is just one of the many “benefits” associated with being alive, in addition to sweating, sneezing, coughing and shedding dead skin cells. The body excretes an array of substances, whether we like it or not. Excusing one’s self to [...]

Irrigation canals, water wheels driven by oxen, and smooth stones meant to catch dew drops that form during colder nights have all been used to water crops. Irrigation processes are constantly evolving. In today’s world, subsurface drip irrigation is one of the most efficient ways of water dispersal.
This subsurface system wastes little water by allowing [...]

A man is lost at sea. This scenario rarely ends in a casualty due to starvation or shark attack, but the lack of drinking water. It is a sad irony to die of thirst when so much water surrounds you.
With today’s desalination technology, however, the next bottle of water you guzzle down may very well [...]