Innovative technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) are transforming and modernizing the way data is generated, collected, and analyzed across different industries and fields of study. 1 ...

Detecting microplastics and identifying plant stress at an early stage -- this and much more can now be done thanks to a new method based on near-infrared light measurements. It is inexpensive and ...

Researchers in China have developed a novel localized dust accumulation monitoring technique for distributed photovoltaic arrays that relies solely on existing inverter hardware, eliminating the need ...