The continual and rapid growth in the global population has substantially increased the demand for food. However, global warming has led to climatic changes that have affected agricultural production.

In 1990, physicist Donald Eigler used a scanning tunneling microscope to take 35 individual xenon atoms and arrange them to spell the name of his company, IBM. The world’s tiniest corporate logo made ...

Practical technological solutions may be key to ensuring food security in the future. Under growing pressures to increase food production, agricultural practices may need to transition towards ...