General Science News

Item: "Smart farming: AI predicts potato growth potential"

Article on the use of AI (artificial intelligence) and microbial gene data. 

"Smart farming: AI predicts potato growth potential"
"AI tool combines microbial DNA data and drone images for improved agriculture"
1/9/2025 Utrecht University News, 
https://www.uu.nl/en/news/smart-farming-ai-predicts-potato-growth-potential 

Item: "The Ocean Teems With Networks of Interconnected Bacteria"

Article on research confirming microbial nanotubes connecting microbes with each other, initially discovered in 2011.

"The Ocean Teems With Networks of Interconnected Bacteria" 
1/6/2025 by Veronique Greenwood, Quanta Magazine, 
https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-ocean-teems-with-networks-of-interconnected-bacteria-20250106/