Increase in world population, and rising living standards and industrialisation are driving global energy demand further upwards. To meet sustainable development goals and energy demand, the energy sector must be transformed ...

Nowadays, harvesting delicate and high-value fruits, vegetables, and edible fungi requires a large input of manual human labour. Robotic systems that selectively harvest crops are being developed. Robotic grippers serve ...

Groundwater exploration and management are critical due to the increasing demand and over-exploitation of this vital resource. Electrical resistivity surveying, a geophysical method, has proven to be an effective technique ...

A specialized coconut embryo plug scooping tool was developed to effectively extract the coconut endosperm along with the coconut embryo. The equipment comprises several key components like a scooping tool tip designed ...

In the traditional Kaipad paddy cultivation method, the process includes creating mounds for planting germinated seeds. These mounds are left in the field for around 45 days, allowing leaching to decrease soil salinity ...

Cocoa butter is a natural fat extracted from cocoa nibs. Cocoa nibs are rich in cocoa butter (54%) and are a source of natural antioxidants and minerals. Cocoa butter is one of the main ingredient for chocolate production ...

A study was conducted to quantify baseflow deriving from the micro watersheds of river Bharathapuzha lying near Valanchery town in the Malappuram district of Kerala, named as Perassannur watershed (W1) and Painkannur ...